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Will Obama's Betrayal of Britain Cause a Second Falklands War?

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 08:15 PM PDT

While the lion's share of the attention over the last two weeks
has been drawn by the Obama Administration's political campaign against
Israel on behalf of Arab-Islamic terrorists, there are worrying
developments arising out of the Falkland Islands, which threaten a repeat
of the original Falklands War.

The latest wrangling over the Falkland Islands erupted as oil
resources near the islands have once again made them a tempting target for
Argentina. Yet last month, the Obama Administration could have easily
averted the growing crisis by staking out a position on the side of
England, America's formerly closest ally. A country whose help is needed
in Afghanistan, and whose government could have used a boost after being
repeatedly undermined by Obama. Instead the Obama Administration staked
out a neutral position, which in the context of geopolitics was a
statement that Britain was on its own.

While Obama could have
easily put a stop to the escalating crisis by stating clearly that the
United States was prepared to back England, just as England had backed the
United States in Afghanistan and Iraq-- his declaration of neutrality
emboldened left wing Latin American leaders like Hugo Chavez to jump into
the fight on Argentina's side. In her meeting with left wing Argentinian
President Christina Kirchner, Hillary Clinton could have quietly pressed
her to back down. Instead Clinton endorsed a call for talks in order to
resolve the status of the Falkland Islands. Which actually moved the
United States away from supporting neutrality, and toward supporting the
Argentinian position.

The entire matter may seem like a tempest in
a teapot to many Americans, but it's actually quite important for a number
of reasons.

Christina Kirchner or "Queen Christina" is another one
of Chavez's puppets. Two years ago Franklin Duran was convicted of serving
as an illegal agent for Chavez's government as part of an attempt to
silence Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson, who had tried to relay a suitcase
with 800,000 dollars from Chavez to Kirchner's election campaign. The
entire incident was heavily tied to the oil industries in Venezuela,
Argentina and Chavez's own oil ambitions.

If Chavez and Kirchner
can take the Falklands from England, there is a great deal of oil and
power in it for them. Under the waters around the Falkland Islands there
may be as much as 60 billion barrels of oil. That's almost as three times
as much as the oil reserves of the United States. It's more than Libya and
Qatar have put together. And it is over 80 percent as large as Venezuela's
own hefty oil reserves.

And both Chavez and Kirchner need it.
Argentina's debt has risen under Kirchner, and Chavez's hook into
Argentina depended on his offer to refinance Argentina's debt on favorable
terms. Chavez got access to Argentina and the corrupt Kirchners got an
economic savior. But Argentina's economy continues to head downhill and
Chavez's influence building is proving to be expensive. Forcing England
out of the Falklands would bring him one step closer to a vision of a
Latin American OPEC under his control. But losing Kirchner would be a
fatal blow to his tenuous Latin American coalition.

And Kirchner has become wildly unpopular in
Argentina. And it will take a good deal more than a suitcase with 800,000
dollars to save her. A second successful Falklands war however might do
the trick. It might also backfire badly. And while Chavez hates America,
he isn't a fool. Which means that if the Obama Administration had sent a
clear signal that it would back the UK, the entire affair would have
evaporated in a puff of angry rhetoric and fitful lawfare. But that is now
less likely to happen than ever. And Obama and Hillary Clinton are to
blame for it.

Chavez warned England, "Be sure that the Argentine
homeland is not alone, because it is also our homeland." The British
government in turn has warned that it will do whatever is necessary to
protect the Falklands and dispatched the HMS Spectre, a nuclear powered
submarine to the region, in order to protect its shipping and interests,
and avert any thoughts of a second surprise Argentine invasion. But while
the idea of an Argentinian-Venezuelan war with England might seem a
non-starter the second time around, this time Argentina will not only
enjoy Latin-American backing, but Russian backing as well.

The
Russians have turned Chavez into the new Castro, and Venezuela into the
new Cuba, pouring money into it, and helping Chavez buy influence and
radicalize the region. Chavez's plans originate from Moscow, much as
Nasser's once did. And Venezuelan agents like Franklin Duran, actually
began their careers in bed with the Russians. If war does come, the
invasion forces will not be flying old Mirages the way they were in the
original Falklands War, but they will have top of the line Russian
equipment.

In light of this, the Obama Administration's failure to
checkmate Putin, Kirchner and Chavez veer on the downright treasonous.
Because a Second Falklands War would not only cost the lives of British
soldiers, but the lives of American soldiers as well. Whether a Second
Falklands War takes place or does not take place, the UK will be forced to
divert military resources to coping with the threat. Which means there
will be a further strain on the British military, and its ability to offer
any assistance in Afghanistan, at a time when a crucial campaign to break
the Taliban is underway.

The loss of British support will further
undermine our ability to win in Afghanistan. It may well cost American
lives. Yet when Hillary Clinton met with Christina Kirchner, she didn't
yell at her or berate her, as she did Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Instead she backed her call for negotiations and agreed to have the United
States serve as an intermediary. Which was as good as selling England down
the river. England naturally rejected the call for meditation, but the
damage had already been done.

The Obama Administration has made it clear that despite the
presence of thousands of Britons on the islands, they consider the status
of the islands open to negotiation. The fact that the Chavez axis is
fundamentally hostile to America and American interests and represents a
Russian wedge in the hemisphere, means that the Obama Administration once
again has sold out an ally at the expense of an enemy.

The
Kirchner government celebrated Hillary Clinton's agreement to its proposal
for negotiations. As it should. And to understand how grave Obama's
betrayal of Britain was, just read
their statements.

Héctor Timerman, the Argentine Ambassador to the US,
said he had never seen “such substantial support” from Washington for
his country’s claim. Mrs Clinton had not only offered to mediate but had
also signalled that talks should be in line with existing UN
resolutions, he insisted, referring to non-binding UN General Assembly
resolutions from the 1970s that urge both sides to
negotiate.

Ruperto Godoy, the official Argentine government
spokesman on the islands, said the new pressure from Mrs Clinton was
“very significant, very important” and would help Buenos Aires to force
Britain to the negotiating table.

If Chavez and his allies get their hands on the Falklands
oil, it will increase his leverage and power base. It will also inevitably
raise the price of oil, which will further damage the US economy. That
money will then be used to fuel terror in Columbia and raise up more
Marxist regimes in Latin America. It will of course also be used to expand
the Islamic-Marxist Red-Green alliance with countries such as Iran.

Meanwhile the British who did stand by the US after 9/11 in the
War on Terror have now been left out in the cold by an Obama
Administration that prefers to seek solidarity with America's enemies,
rather than its allies. And now Britain, like Israel, is discovering just
how far the radical in the White House will go to sell out to the free
world to its enemies.