Distract people, Thatcher

The Falkland Islands is a small broken island group. Before the Falklands War, the value of Falklands was not as important as a football match for Britain and Argentina. With a population of more than 2,000 and an area of 1 1,000 square kilometers, the annual fiscal deficit. To put it bluntly, it was because neither side took it seriously that this war was triggered. Let me break it down:

Since neither side attaches importance to Falklands, how can it lead to war? This seems illogical, you will understand when you listen to me. In the early 1980s, a serious economic crisis broke out in Argentina, which triggered a large-scale protest against President Galtie of the military government. Galtieri is worried, too. How to solve it? He thought of the disputed Falkland Islands between Argentina and Britain.

After World War I and World War II, Britain has long been "a chicken is not as good as a chicken". Declining Britain watched helplessly, and the colonies gained independence and could do nothing. The key point is that Britain really didn't take the island seriously at that time, and sent three or two kittens to take care of it every day. If Argentina doesn't mention it, Britain won't forget this foreign land.

Galtie believes that Falklands is dispensable for Britain, and it has the support of the United Nations and all the brotherly countries in South America. Even if Argentina occupied the island, Britain didn't care. Nothing but protest, condemnation and anger ... it will disappear. Moreover, if Britain insists on going to war, Argentina will not be afraid. Falklands, just outside the Argentine home, whether Britain has the courage to cross the sea of Wan Li to fight is still unclear.

As a result, more than three hours later, the Argentine army recovered the island and captured all the British troops on the island (180 people). Didn't you say that Mashima is a chicken rib? What does Argentina want with it? As the saying goes, "Military is the continuation of politics", and look at the Argentine reaction after the recovery of the Falklands-hundreds of thousands of people gathered to celebrate, galtieri instantly became a national hero, and his political prestige exploded instantly. Galtieri has successfully transferred domestic contradictions, and the people of Xiao Pi have forgotten the economic crisis. )

How will Britain react when Argentina occupies the Falklands? There was no positive response before the occupation, and there was no active activity in the early days after the occupation. Some people even said it was useless anyway, so they lost it. At any other time, Britain doesn't know if it will really go away. However, Margaret Thatcher, the British "Iron Lady Prime Minister" at this time, was also faced with the same dilemma as Galtie: the economy was not good, public support was minimized, and there was basically no way to be re-elected. "Sleeping with a pillow", Argentina helped Mrs. Thatcher come up with a good idea-transferring domestic contradictions abroad, and Mrs. Thatcher urged war.

All the assets of the Royal Navy are a dozen capital ships and two aircraft carriers to be retired (these two aircraft carriers are going to be sold to Australia and India, so they have to be temporarily called. )。 In order to win Argentine and save Ling Ke's support rate, Margaret Thatcher gave away all her possessions. Britain is weak and Argentina is even weaker, so Britain has deployed more than 5,000 troops and Argentina has deployed more than 1000 troops. After more than two months of intermittent tossing, 258 people died in Britain, 649 people died in Argentina, and Britain reoccupied Falklands, which means that the war is over, but the sovereignty dispute over Falklands still exists.

What kind of war is this? At best, it is a "local conflict." In the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East, throwing stones can kill so many people. During the Qing Dynasty, thousands of villagers died in the war. However, Xiao Pi citizens in Britain and Argentina rose to the height of "national war", which enabled Margaret Thatcher to gain political capital and be re-elected.

Since then, "Falklands" has become the "plaything" of British and Argentine politicians. Anyone who wants to transfer domestic contradictions or gain some political capital, Tsushima Island's tough stance is immediately cheered by the people.