Pardon my noobness, have been lurking here for a while but first time to post.
After reading the ?VT, BAE to finalise JV after MoD gives go-ahead to Navy Carriers? thread, I have a few questions about the Falkland?s War.
First, How did Thatcher get Regan to ignore the ?Monroe Doctrine? and thus not actively oppose the British? My question is given that the siding with the British seems to have done a great deal of harm to US relations in South America, Why was this choice made?
Second question is a bit of a long winded scenario, and will probably be easily squashed but here it is.
Argentina has decided they really want the Falklands/Malvinas Islands back. The start by taking two options, First they start a much needed modernization of their military. As for aircraft, since they have had success with French tech in the past, perhaps giving one of the Rafale one of its few foreign orders might make sense. Combine that with a Navy rebuilt from either Europe or perhaps South Korea. On the second front, they (with their new, camera friendly president) start agitating in both the UN and in the OAS to push the British to the negotiating table.
What would their options/chances be of getting the islands back?

Regarding the use of force, no better than the chances of the PRCs taking over Taiwan.

 

Now, if you guys would play nice and go that second route (agitate in the UN, etc.) you may have a chance.

 

 

Would the Monroe doctrine prevent the US from supporting the British if someone tried to capture the Bahamas? or, Dutch, or French holdings in the Caribbean? The Monroe Doctrine deals with outside influence into the hemisphere. These parties all are already within the hemisphere as previously noted. Since these Gov'ts are the legitimate authorities in those jurisdictions (for hundreds of years in fact) the US would support them provided they were not trying to extend their limited dominions. The US's policy with the Falklands dust up was consistent with Monroe since the status quo was maintained with British success.

 

Check Six

 

Rocky