UK’s Andy Burnham has entered the Donald J. Trump pressure zone – Wiki Commons
European territories in the Western Hemisphere are not safe anymore.
Today, The Telegraph has issued a bombshell report (picked up by several other outlets by now) that reveals that the US is threatening to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands unless Andy Burnham increases the UK defense spending.
The proposal is reportedly among measures being prepared at the Pentagon to force NATO nations to fulfill their 5 percent of the GDP defense spending pledge.
NEW: The US is considering opposing Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending
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The Telegraph reported:
“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.
Officials in Washington believe that while Britain has the potential to be a leading defense partner, the defense investment plan, announced by Sir Keir Starmer in June, was not enough of a ‘step in the right direction’.
‘I would expect the UK to receive special attention because it has so much potential’, the official said of the review. ‘We will therefore continue efforts to incentivize and enable the UK to step up in a major way’.”
US THREATENS UK over FALKLAND ISLANDS — PENTAGON MAY ‘OPPOSE’ LONDON’S ‘SOVEREIGNTY’
NEW PM MUST INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING or UK GETS ‘SPECIAL ATTENTION’ — Telegraph pic.twitter.com/SzYHLJ5GgX
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LBC reported:
“On the question of the Falklands, the official told The Telegraph: ‘I can say that they [conversations] are candid and nothing is being ruled out as far as options for encouraging the sort of burden-sharing that we seek’.
The island’s sovereignty has long been a contentious political issue – with Argentina maintaining that it should control the South Atlantic territory.
Britain and Argentina fought the 1982 Falklands War over the islands – with Argentina defeated but never dropping their claim.”
PAYBACK TIME: US Department of War Planning Retribution for Failing Allies, Including Suspending Spain From the Alliance and ‘Reviewing’ UK’s Claims to the Falkland Islands
READ: https://t.co/COIlpGybMx pic.twitter.com/PpTEr3Tabd
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