They got exactly what they wanted - Private for Mike
Kevin Gowen
"For several years, Puerto Rican protesters demanded that the U.S. Navy
leave the island of Vieques. Groups staged violent protests outside the main
gate of "Camp Garcia," saying they were sick and tired of the live-fire
bombing exercises.
The violence resulted in the gates of the base being torn down. Several
U.S. troops and police dogs were injured in the demonstrations.
In response to the years of protest, former President Clinton agreed to
stop Navy exercises there. Congress and President Bush ratified the deal and
live-fire exercises were halted last May. But with its mission muzzled after
60 years, the Navy has decided to pull out of Puerto Rico completely.
That means the largest employer on the island, the Roosevelt Roads Naval
Station, is now slated for closure that could come as early as October."
[...]
"With the loss of the base, Puerto Rico will also lose nearly $300
million the military pumped into it each year."
I think this is a scream.
--
Kevin Gowen
"His final words to me were: 'This time I think the Americans are serious.
Bush is not like Clinton. I think this is the end.' "
- Ala'a Makki, the former director of Uday Hussein's television station, on
the Ace of Hearts
Brett Robson
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93029,00.html
>
> "For several years, Puerto Rican protesters demanded that the U.S. Navy
>leave the island of Vieques. Groups staged violent protests outside the main
>gate of "Camp Garcia," saying they were sick and tired of the live-fire
>bombing exercises.
Now that the USAAF has got the Afghanstan range and the USN has got the Iraq
range they won't have any need to Puerto Rica.
>I think this is a scream.
You've never heard a Mk-84 go off have you.
"Wherever you go, you carry a message of hope - a message that is ancient and
ever new. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, 'To the captives, come out, and to
those in darkness, be free."' President Bush II exhorting his soldiers on their
Crusades.
"light the darkness of the entire world" Kita Ikki
Michael Cash
the alphabet and kept on going with:
>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:01:49 -0400, "Kevin ...
>>
>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93029,00.html
>>
>> "For several years, Puerto Rican protesters demanded that the U.S. Navy
>>leave the island of Vieques. Groups staged violent protests outside the main
>>gate of "Camp Garcia," saying they were sick and tired of the live-fire
>>bombing exercises.
>
>Now that the USAAF has got the Afghanstan range and the USN has got the Iraq
>range they won't have any need to Puerto Rica.
>
>
>>I think this is a scream.
>
>You've never heard a Mk-84 go off have you.
Does it sound anything like paychecks vaporizing and careers going
BOOOOM!!!! ?
--
Michael Cash
"There was a time, Mr. Cash, when I believed you must be the most useless
thing in the world. But that was before I read a Microsoft help file."
Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College