ON THE BRIGHT SIDE...:

Hague on the Falklands (Bagehot Mar 2nd 2010, The Economist)

Hilary Clinton was asked about the Falklands during a visit to Argentina yesterday, and said this:

we want very much to encourage both countries to sit down. Now, we cannot make either one do so, but we think it is the right way to proceed. So we will be saying this publicly, as I have been, and we will continue to encourage exactly the kind of discussion across the table that needs to take place.

This despite the fact that Ms Clinton must know the British government has very little intention of negotiating anything.

I have hesitated to read drastic slights into the sometimes awkward diplomacy between Barack Obama and Gordon Brown. But this stance on the Falklands cannot be seen any other way. It really is no way for the Americans to treat their most important military ally—as some in America doubtless appreciate.

...the Administration tends to stab our allies in the chest, not the back.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2010 6:05 PM