Boris Johnson calls for military reinforcements to the Falkland Islands

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for military reinforcements to be sent to the Falkland Islands, warning that Argentina could provoke a dangerous confrontation over the disputed territory.

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send reinforcements to the Falklands

Johnson made the appeal in a Daily Mail opinion column published after Argentine President Javier Milei’s national address. He wrote that Donald Trump was exposing “the uncomfortable reality of the American position” because Washington remained technically neutral in the dispute.

Johnson said it was unsurprising that Milei had used the moment to sharpen Argentina’s rhetoric over its claim to the islands. He called the Argentine president “an Anglophile and admirer of Thatcher” and said he did not believe Milei wanted a confrontation with the United Kingdom. But Johnson argued that Milei faced a difficult reelection campaign and might find it useful to stir nationalist sentiment.

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an Anglophile and admirer of Thatcher

In his speech, Milei said Britain had seized the Falkland Islands in 1833, installed a foreign population and expelled local inhabitants. He also argued that Britain faced migration, demographic and economic crises, while portraying Argentina’s future as more promising.

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the uncomfortable reality of the American position in the dispute: that Washington is technically neutral

Johnson ended his column with a military warning. The islands, he wrote, are protected by a permanent garrison, Typhoon aircraft and air defenses. “It seems impossible to believe that Argentina would be so foolish as to try to attack the Falklands themselves again,” he wrote, while warning of a heightened risk of provocation and “another tragic Argentine miscalculation.”

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It seems impossible to believe that Argentina would be so foolish as to try to attack the Falklands themselves again