the same goes for the jewish/muslim dispute in the ME their countries - their problem
On Mar 3, 3:11 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > *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/article70...> > 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 Fern�ndez 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-f...>. > 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> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
