Chapter 1299 Falkland Islands and Northern Ireland

In fact, it is not only South Asia that is shrouded in the clouds of war, but also South America.

The war of words between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands, which had been somewhat subdued, suddenly became hot again after the US subprime mortgage crisis.

Being in South America, Argentina was affected soon after the outbreak of the US subprime mortgage crisis.

Argentina has many American companies investing in construction, and there are also many Argentine tycoons who put their assets in the United States and invest in the United States.

After the outbreak of the US subprime mortgage crisis, these American companies often choose to withdraw funds from Argentina in order to tide over the difficulties. These tycoons often withdraw funds from Argentina in order to reduce losses.

They even sell their assets.

This makes Argentina's foreign exchange loss very terrifying.

If Argentina had not made a lot of money from trade with China in recent years, I am afraid that its foreign exchange reserves would be exhausted.

But according to the current situation, I am afraid that Argentina's foreign exchange reserves will be exhausted in a few months.

This forced Argentina to sell part of its gold to increase its foreign exchange reserves and avoid debt defaults.

However, the decline in the prices of commodities such as oil, natural gas, and minerals will inevitably lead to a slowdown in Argentina's economy.

You should know that Argentina's GDP growth exceeded 35% before!

And now, due to the impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis, I am afraid that the GDP growth rate will be cut in half.

In this case, Argentina intends to take back the Falkland Islands to divert conflicts and boost the morale and cohesion of the Argentines.

And the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, is making trouble again, and naturally will not watch Argentina take the Falkland Islands.

Northern Ireland has always wanted independence and leave the United Kingdom every now and then, and now it is going to hold a referendum on the issue of Northern Ireland's separation from the United Kingdom.

Speaking of Northern Ireland's independence, we have to talk about Ireland's national grief.

Before the 11th century, the Celts on the entire island of Ireland had their own development and integration process. After the Norman invasion, this process was broken by the colonial invasion of the English.

In the 16th century, King Henry VIII of England officially declared the Church of England. This move separated most of the Catholic Irish from the British mainland, and the status of the British in Ireland changed from an active participant in national integration to an opposing class that practiced national discrimination, religious oppression and economic exploitation.

In the 17th century, a large number of Protestant English and Scottish people moved to the Ulster region in northeastern Ireland with the support and encouragement of the British government. During the British bourgeois revolution, Cromwell promulgated the "Emigration Decree" after suppressing the Irish national uprising, expelling a large number of Irish people to the desolate and barren Connaught County and the swampy Coral. Since then, British Protestant immigrants have gradually gained the upper hand in the north.

On December 6, 1921, the British government was forced to sign the "Anglo-Irish Treaty" with the Irish Sinn Fein Party, which launched an armed revolution, allowing the 26 counties in southern Ireland to establish the "Irish Free State". In 1949, Britain recognized Ireland's independence, but the six northern counties dominated by Protestant forces remained in Britain and became Northern Ireland under the rule of the Queen of England.

Although Northern Ireland continued to remain within the British territory after World War II, the region's political choice was clearly maintained by the numerical advantage of Protestants "voting with their feet", which inevitably brought strong dissatisfaction to the weaker local Irish ethnic group.

After the late 1960s, influenced by the American civil rights movement, Irish Catholics launched a massive civil rights movement, and the Catholic paramilitary organization "Irish Republican Army" also became the pioneer of independence at the religious and military levels.

Externally, the Republic of Ireland also claimed sovereignty over Northern Ireland, giving the Catholic separatist forces in Northern Ireland a strong backing, which forced Britain to negotiate with Ireland on the issue of the region.

On April 10, 1998, the parties in the Northern Ireland conflict finally reached the historic "Belfast Agreement". This agreement greatly enhanced the legislative power of the Irish local government, and also facilitated economic and cultural exchanges between Northern Ireland and Ireland. However, the agreement actually increased the independence of Northern Ireland and strengthened the connection within the island of Ireland, which will undoubtedly increase the centrifugal force of Northern Ireland.

Today, Northern Ireland has great autonomous legislative power and has all-round exchanges and cooperation with the Republic of Ireland.

It has to be said that the collapse and decline of Britain's hegemony from the British Empire to the current "Little Britain" is vividly reflected.

In addition, Britain is increasingly marginalized by the Franco-German alliance in the European Union, and its weight in Europe and the United States is constantly decreasing.

The current European Union is dominated by the Franco-German alliance, and a large number of European countries are united around France and Germany.

Although the United States divides Europe into old Europe and new Europe, and then old Europe is divided into pro-American old Europe and anti-American old Europe, as Britain and the United States are forced to withdraw their troops from Germany, their influence in Germany has been greatly weakened, and the strength of the Franco-German alliance has increased significantly, and the influence and power of the United States in Europe has been weakened.

Britain is naturally unwilling to be increasingly isolated and marginalized by the Franco-German alliance. After all, Britain does not want to become a third-rate country.

Once Argentina takes back the Falkland Islands, it will undoubtedly be like a loud slap in the face for the UK, and its prestige will be greatly reduced. By then, I am afraid that the UK will no longer be able to suppress the issue of Northern Ireland and can only watch Northern Ireland become independent and merge into Ireland.

This is unacceptable to Britain.

So Britain is very tough on the Falklands issue.

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Even now, Britain has been affected by the US subprime mortgage crisis and its own economy has been greatly affected, but Britain has also expressed that it will fight for the Falklands.

Even the British have asked the Americans for help.

But now the Americans are also overwhelmed. The Americans are still maintaining the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the subprime mortgage crisis has broken out, forcing the US Treasury to promise to open up the channels of communication and improve the regulatory structure.

And in order to appease the Jewish consortium, George Wharton had to choose to give in on some issues, so that the Jewish consortium would not make trouble at this time, or even take out money to help solve the subprime mortgage crisis.

At this time, Americans are very reluctant to see the outbreak of the second Falklands War, which is not in the interests of the United States.

However, Britain is the most important ally of the United States. The US-UK alliance is the most important alliance relationship of the United States. Britain is also the most iron and most important ally of the United States, and its importance far exceeds the US-Japan alliance and the US-South Korea alliance.

Even if the United States loses all its military bases and influence on the European continent, it can still exert influence on Europe by relying on Britain.

And Europe is the core interest of the United States and the most important interest of the United States overseas.

This interest far exceeds the interests of the United States in Japan and South Korea.

The United States has always portrayed itself as the leader of the European and American world!

So if it is really forced to choose between the two, the United States will never choose Argentina, but only Britain. (End of this chapter)