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To: Army Air Corps
I've never understood why the Argentines have this irrational attachment to the Falkland Islands (aka Malvinas) that lie 250 nautical miles off the coast of South America. The place, from everything I've heard, is not very hospitable [it has a sub-Arctic climate = chilly, windy, and damp]. The main industries are fishing, sheep herding, and tourism that provide a living for less than 3,300 full-time residents. Population density is approximately 0.65 per square mile.

The islanders have voted to remain citizens of the British Crown, so why don't the Argentines understand the citizens of this 4,700 square mile collection of rock in the South Atlantic want nothing to do with Argentina? Argentina keeps acting like a spurned lover that keeps stalking their paramour.

17 posted on 02/02/2012 8:22:56 AM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: MasterGunner01

8 billion barrels of oil.


18 posted on 02/02/2012 2:33:12 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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