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I disagree.  I have readded the original text, along with a reference to the Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol IV page 342: ""...the Suez venture demonstrated the dependence of Britain on the United States.  Suez made plain for all to see that Britain was doomed both as a colonial power and as a world power unless she acted in concert with the United States"".  As for the Falklands, Britain was not acting unilaterally - the EEC issued trade sanctions against Argentina and Reagan declared his support for Britain.   t "