Falklands War - 30th Anniversary Today

The US embassy in London made clear in a cable dated 7 April that "wets" in Thatcher's government shared Haig's concern that the British military had the upper hand over the diplomats.
"Tory moderates and Foreign Office are concerned that Prime Minister Thatcher has been listening largely to the Ministry of Defence, especially senior naval officers, and may not adequately be considering non-military options," the embassy cable said.
American government analysts believed a British victory was far from guaranteed. The state department's intelligence bureau produced an analysis on 7 April 1982 pointing out the vulnerability of the British taskforce so far from home. It said: "The effectiveness of the fleet, far from its maintenance bases, will rapidly deteriorate after its arrival on station. [Thatcher's] damaged leadership could not survive a futile 'voyage to nowhere'."

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