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Dear Fellow Earthlings:

Now that England finds herself standing alone in the wake of the decision by her voters to exit from the European Union, world markets are in a calamity, the relations between all nations and all groups of nations have become more unstable -- and there is an increased likelihood that the Argentines will consider new initiatives to colonize the Falkland Islands.

Can anyone support the Falklands if the United Kingdom becomes unable to do so? Without the military presence of the United Kingdom, the Falklands (West Falkland, East Falkland, and all the tiny islands surrounding them) are sitting ducks in the eyes of the Argentines!

Dame Vera Lynn has said it in the song: "There will always be an England!" But will this be so??

Without "an England" there is the foreboding possibility that the Falkland Islands someday will exist only in the memories of those (like myself) who experienced the islands first hand! Will the ducks die on the dual carriageway of globalisation and colonial expansion?

That's right! The Argentines seek colonial rule over the indigenous people who have lived in the Falklands for many generations!

The ancestors of most Argentines come from Europe! But they do not come from The British Isles. Rather 60% are of Italian heritage. None of those people – or their ancestors – were in Argentina when a Pope deemed that the Falklands should be Spanish (and later, Argentine) by his proclamation. (See Installment 284, March 20, 2016.)

It is time to respect borders! The Argentines took their 2,780,000 square kilometers from various indigenous people who had lived in Argentina before the Spaniards and other Europeans arrived. As for the Falklands, their tiny 12,200 square kilometers of territory had never been occupied by humans. Therefore, the Anglo Saxon settlers who came to the Falklands in the early 1800s are indigenous people and should be afforded rights as such!

Only a few days ago representatives from the Falkland Islands showed up in New York City. They were there to make known their desire to be recognized not as a colony of England – and certainly not as either a colony or an integral part of Argentina – as they spoke before the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee (C24). The people of the Falklands insist on their right to self determination, as outlined in the United Nations Charter.

The Falkland Islands, as I can attest from having spent a month there, back in 2013, is a democracy, has a self sufficient economy, is an English speaking country, and – based on the results of a 2013 referendum – is intent on remaining a British Overseas Territory.

Let us hope that the situation now facing the British Isles does not lessen the resolve of the United Kingdom to protect the Falkland Islands from Argentine adventurism!!,

Steve Walker Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

© 2013 Steve Walker, The Jingles-The Japan Foundation for English Pronunciation, Summit Enterprises.