Rusty Melancholy

British conservatives argue that engaging on the Falklands risks alienating our natural allies in the UK. I've heard this argument - and I respectfully disagree. Let me first say this: British conservatives have been among the most steadfast friends of America and Israel for generations. Their commitment to Western values, the special relationship, and the fight against Islamist terror deserves genuine respect and appreciation. I do not take that lightly. But let's look at the facts. There are 3,000 British citizens on the Falkland Islands - and a whole lot more sheep. Meanwhile, Argentina has a population of 46 million people. Latin America as a whole is home to hundreds of millions - and that population is shifting rapidly toward pro-American, pro-Israel values under the influence of leaders like Milei. That is not a small voice. That is a tectonic shift. Britain today is not the Britain of Thatcher or Churchill. It is a country that refused to stand with America in the Strait of Hormuz when it mattered most. It is a country drifting toward Islamist influence in its major cities, with a government that has shown little appetite for confronting the threats that face the Western world. Argentina under Milei, by contrast, has aligned itself firmly with Trump's America and with Israel. Milei has fought the radical left at home, stood against antisemitism, and offered concrete support to the US in its confrontation with Iran. He represents exactly the kind of leadership the Western world needs more of - and he deserves to be treated as the ally he has proven himself to be. The fastest-growing pro-American, pro-Israel constituency in the world is Hispanic. The future of the Western alliance runs through Latin America, not through a Britain that has lost its way. I'll put my money on the Western hemisphere. 🇦🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱

You can’t invade an uninhabited island that was claimed by no one.

Dear Argentines. I can go to live on the Falklands tomorrow should I wish to. You cannot. 🇬🇧

Jokes aside… where do people think the bulk of Argentine ancestry is from? They *are* the colonisers. The ancestors of a modern Argentine had far more to do with colonisation than that of most modern Spaniards.