*What Has Argentina Done For Us Lately? *Nothing, as far as I know.
So why is the Obama administration offering to help Argentina in its
dispute with Britain
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7047309.ece>
over the Falklands?
Argentina was celebrating a diplomatic coup yesterday in its attempt
to force Britain to accept talks on the future of the Falkland
Islands, after a two-hour meeting in Buenos Aires between Hillary
Clinton and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Responding to a request from Mrs Kirchner for "friendly mediation"
between Britain and Argentina, Mrs Clinton, the US Secretary of
State, said she agreed that talks were a sensible way forward and
offered "to encourage both countries to sit down".
I can't think of anything we can gain from this offer. And there is no
doubt that it will annoy many in our closest ally
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/7355040/Falklands-foolishness.html>.
And, though such things don't seem to matter much to the Obama
administration, the people who live in the Falklands don't want talks.
(In general, a nation should not offer to mediate a conflict unless the
nation is sure that all involved in the conflict want that mediation.
And I think that we have enough on our diplomatic plate so that we
don't need more.)
- 10:14 AM, 3 March 2010 [link]
<http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/March2010_1.html#jrm8438>
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