Quote Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
...But all it really needs to put a stop to the sillyness is for the US ambassador to whisper in the Argentinian presidents ear that this time there will be a US Navy carrier battle group helping the Brits out
The most likely scenario in the short term, I think.

The Monroe Doctrine was well beyond its shelf-life expiry date in '82, when we dithered. It's beyond the wormfood stage now, mouldering in the grave of 'once useful, but now irrelevant' ideas. (IMO)

If the lead starts flying, we'll be there. Shoulder-to-Shoulder, and all that.