# Solution to the Falkland Islands crisis **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 16, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-the-falkland-islands-crisis/962901 "2022-04-16T00:33:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-the-falkland-islands-crisis/962901/30 "2022-04-19T16:03:32Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > Hell, Reagan wanted to give Thatcher an aircraft carrier group. > > Did he? I honestly can’t find a lot that Reagan had to say about it other than a dismissive comment about fighting over some ice-covered rocks… Not an entire carrier group, but one (small) carrier, if necessary: [USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iwo_Jima_(LPH-2)#Potential_role_in_the_Falklands_War) These earlier threads may also be of interest: > [@What's the Deal with the Falkland Islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-falkland-islands/610629): > > I have been chatting with an online friend from Argentina and he indicates that there is still a lot of sentiment that the Falkland Islands should be theirs. He seems to feel that the government is still asserting its claim and he suggests that if things continue, the next president might be hawkish on the matter. I know basically nothing more than what Wikipedia tells me here. Is another conflict likely, now that a viable source of oil seems to have been found? If it is possible, would other c… > [@Recommend books on the Falklands War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-on-the-falklands-war/604297): > > I just saw a rivetting documentary about the HMS Coventry in The Falklands War. I realised watching it that it’s a conflict I know very little about and would be interested to read a book about. Can anyone here recommend a book on the war? A general history of the conflict would be good but feel free to recommend biographies etc. related to the conflict. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-the-falkland-islands-crisis/962901)._