The Foreign Service Journal, April 2006

Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires observes of the Argentine side: “It is sufficient to talk to any Buenos Aires cabdriver to understand that the Argentine people know that the Falkland Islands will not be ‘recovered’ by Argentina. The only locals who appear not to under- stand this basic fact of life are a group of war veterans, a small bunch of nationalist fundamentalists and prac- tically the entire lot of Argentine politicians.” Still, the bleak Argentine war cemetery near Darwin is incredibly poignant. Out of sight from the nearby main gravel road to MPA and Stanley, 260 plain white crosses, each hung with a powder blue plastic rosary, represent young Argentines — all of whom died tragically, and many hero- ically, for the junta’s misguided scheme to recover the Malvinas. The cemetery is there only because the first major casualties of the land war occurred nearby during the Goose Green battle. Seventeen British paratroopers and 55 Argentines were killed, and afterward the farm manager selected the site to bury them. F O C U S A P R I L 2 0 0 6 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 51 The downtown Stanley waterfront reflects the prosperity that has transformed the Falkland Islands since the 1982 war with Argentina. T HE R EMINGTON