Maggie misunderestimated them.

As America has now realized, "stupid things to do" are done because they are not expected, which gives the doer an advantage. Look how many things this POTUS and this Administration have done that are clearly "stupid". But we were all caught off guard because we believed they were rational beings doing things in good faith. Instead, they are irrational beings doing things in bad faith.

As for the Iron Lady, her day is gone, like Reagan´s is gone. The molds are broken. In their places are hollow shells, bereft of honor.

Argentina is a beautiful country, full of potential from so many sources, but the Argies keep sticking their foot in it. There is something wrong with the way their elect their government. Sound familiar?

Never underestimate the stupidity of a hot-headed Latino. Chavez is but one example.

Argentina: beautiful country, gracious people, miserable government.

the time I was working in an office where there was a woman who had immigrated from a South American country. I remember her telling me that there was no question in her mind that Britain would retake the Falklands because "They have much more experience" of warfare. And, indeed, a British officer pulled off a bluff by delivering an ultimatum that a facility which had several thousand Argentine soldiers had overnight to surrender, or else. The next morning the soldiers marched out and surrendered to what was really almost a handful of Brits.