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US threatens Britain over Falklands (www.yahoo.com)

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/44708818

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

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[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why would Vance change anything, he's on the crazy town express with the rest of the far right nutters

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

He’s a psychopath who will do literally anything the moment requires.

He lives in Trump land right now but if Trump is out I expect him to be highly unpredictable especially if he’s in charge.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The crazy town express is a circus show to divert attention from the real shifts of wealth and power that are being orchestrated. The clowns in the spotlight do whatever it takes to keep the party in power so the railroad leaving trickle-down station can proceed straight to Oligarch hell (for everyone but the Oligarchs.)

[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No shit Sherlock, and Vance will ride it all way, he will not be unpredictable he will follow the far right circus until the public are serfs.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 22 hours ago

Vance has already demonstrated "full waffle capacity" flip-flopping on his Trump stances. Of course we can expect Vance to read whatever scripts his backers hand him.