WI: US Backed Argentina in the Falklands war

Darrenb209

Evans II said:
How many of them are Scotch-Irish or even English but just latch to Irishness because they think it is cooler? In all seriousness, though, there is probably more people of English and German heritage, than Irish in the U.S.
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I'd imagine if you go by actual blood descended it's a lot lower than those who identify themselves as Irish.

Especially in the early years when the British/American relationship wasn't actually that good. Probably easier to identify yourself as Irish than English or Scottish at that point. Especially in the aftermath of 1812.
 

sparky42

Darrenb209 said:
I'd imagine if you go by actual blood descended it's a lot lower than those who identify themselves as Irish.

Especially in the early years when the British/American relationship wasn't actually that good. Probably easier to identify yourself as Irish than English or Scottish at that point. Especially in the aftermath of 1812.
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And yet I know Irish Americans whose families changed their surname to hide their Irish when they emigrated to America.
 

yulzari

To the average non USA person, anyone born as a US citizen is an American. Not an Irish or Norwegian or Chinese American but an American. I speak as a Moroccan, Spanish, Bulgarian, French Briton……. The English of course are Danish/German/Dutch BrIrish. I used to live not so far from the site of the last battle between the British and the English at Hingston Down in 838.
The point being that you are of the culture you grew up in not of the culture of your ancestors even if it is a valued part of your self identification. However, we digress.

More relevantly if the USA backs Argentina Western Europe sees the writing on the wall and moves to get away from becoming a political colony of a tyrannical USA. Many major token gestures but reinforces the development of the European Union into both a political and a military union capable of equipping it‘s forces from within the Union and eschews US purchasing and the removal of US forces from Europe. Possibly Canadian, Australia and New Zealand begin to fear the USA too. The Monroe Doctrine, whatever it’s original intentions, is seen in South America as implicit USA suzerainty and tHe OP action will hardly assuage that. The Chileans will be well pissed off too and look for a military backer against US support for Argentina. Does the USA want to find itself backing Argentina invading Chile?
 

Blue cat

Slime_blob said:
As the title says
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Amongst other issues, perhaps the UK doesn't replace Polaris with Trident and buying other US military equipment probably becomes politically difficult in the UK (and perhaps other NATO countries.)

I can see the UK wanting a nuclear deterrent that does not in any way shape or form depend on the US.
 
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