• @[email protected]
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    438 months ago

    Because “getting them back” worked so well for the (not for long) ruling regime of Argentina last time around. Lol.

    • @[email protected]
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      458 months ago

      Just for who didn’t know the story: in order to distract the population from a 120% inflation, the ruling far right dictator decided to take back the islands, (sounds similar?) thinking that the us would support them and that the UK wouldn’t fight back.

      Anyway the UK is very far and it would take months to send reinforcements, right? And the US loves us, just because we’re not communists like other neighbors. We gonna just take them back with a special military operation, no war declaration needed.

      While for a short time it worked as the local media was ecstatic about getting back the Malvinas islands and didn’t talk anymore about the rampant inflation, it eventually backfired spectacularly and the fascist regime was overturned.

      • @[email protected]
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        628 months ago

        That government was put in power after a US-backed coup overthrew the democratically-elected Isabel Perón. Henry Kissinger was instrumental in orchestrating the coup.

        • livus
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          598 months ago

          Kissinger has done a supernatural amount of damage to the world.

        • PugJesus
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          48 months ago

          I thought Isabel Peron was just in the line of succession when Juan Peron died, and was herself prone to pursue anti-leftist policies?

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            She was the vice president and took over when Perón died. And yes, by that time they were pretty anti leftist.