The Answer to the Invaders Was Blowing in the Cold South Atlantic Wind!

Dear Fellow Earthlings, On the 16th of April 1982 the people who were in the Falkland Islands were experiencing unseasonably warm weather. Being in the southern hemisphere, the Falklands' autumn begins in late March -- and by the middle of April winds that portend the coming of a cold, brutal winter are generally the norm. But on this day there were no winds at all, and the skies were brilliantly blue. The Falkland Islanders were being careful not to rile their uninvited guests, but could not help but being aloof towards those -- for lack of a better expression -- rude people. Why suddenly were the Falklands' people forced to drive on the right instead of on the left? Why did they have to refer to their capital as something other than Port Stanley? Why were the residents of Port Stanley not permitted to keep in ham radio contact with their fellow Falkland Islanders in areas outside of Port Stanley? Why had the invasion force commandeered the local children's school and recreational areas and turn them over to the uninvited soldiers? The invaders had brought signs in from Argentina to post so that everyone could learn the

renamed, Spanish language ways of referring to Port Stanley's streets. And yet the Argentine government had not provided their soldiers with tents that could stand up against the cold winds

of the Falklands. Those winds would only be getting colder over the next few months as winter

took hold. Already several dozen Argentine soldiers had succumbed to the cold and would be going home in body bags. The fleet was on its ways from the north. The winds were on their way from the south. The

Argentine forces were caught in a pincer movement.

Steve Walker Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

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