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**lookanddiscover** · 09-24-2009, 11:29 PM

Our closest ally, sometimes.

1956 Suez -the USSR was a our closest ally (because we were both trying build the Aswan High Dam) and our NATO allies, France and the UK, were on the other side.

Thatcher had to keep Reagan at a distance during the Falkands War because of the initial US support to Argentina. While in this country it wasn't a big problem in the UK it was a larger issue for the Prime Minister.

09-24-2009, 11:29 PM	#5
lookanddiscover Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 527 Senior Member	Our closest ally, sometimes. 1956 Suez -the USSR was a our closest ally (because we were both trying build the Aswan High Dam) and our NATO allies, France and the UK, were on the other side. Thatcher had to keep Reagan at a distance during the Falkands War because of the initial US support to Argentina. While in this country it wasn't a big problem in the UK it was a larger issue for the Prime Minister.
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