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I am not sure that the Reagan administration and Jean Kirkpatrick in particular would have supported UK action against a South American ally of the US on its own territory.Bombing targets on mainland Argentina would have alienated a lot of countries even in Europe who were already dubious about what Britain was doing in the South Atlantic.Assuming (and this is pretty much like assuming Santa Claus exists) the RN had had two CVA type ships operational in 1982 Argentina would have purchased more German built conventional subs and gone after them before they could get in range of the mainland or the Falklands. West German versions regularly damaged US carriers in NATO exercises even though they were not supposed to by the rules of the wargame. An RN commander told me this in 1985.
I am not sure that the Reagan administration and Jean Kirkpatrick in particular would have supported UK action against a South American ally of the US on its own territory.
Bombing targets on mainland Argentina would have alienated a lot of countries even in Europe who were already dubious about what Britain was doing in the South Atlantic.
Assuming (and this is pretty much like assuming Santa Claus exists) the RN had had two CVA type ships operational in 1982 Argentina would have purchased more German built conventional subs and gone after them before they could get in range of the mainland or the Falklands. West German versions regularly damaged US carriers in NATO exercises even though they were not supposed to by the rules of the wargame. An RN commander told me this in 1985.
