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1 posted on 08/24/2010 7:01:49 AM PDT by ryan71
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No ships east of Suez.


2 posted on 08/24/2010 7:04:50 AM PDT by kabar
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If the Second Fleet were to be shut down, hundreds of jobs could be lost in the Hampton Roads area.

US defense is not a jobs program. If that's the #1 argument you can muster, then there is no useful purpose for the fleet at current size.

3 posted on 08/24/2010 7:12:08 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: ryan71
"If the Second Fleet were to be shut down, hundreds of jobs could be lost in the Hampton Roads area."

Lost jobs are of secondary importance. What would it do to our national security?

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

4 posted on 08/24/2010 7:12:29 AM PDT by wku man (Steel yourselves, patriots, and be ready. Won't be long now....)
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To: ryan71

Since we’re cutting back all these troops and fleets, we’re gonna start hearing about cutbaacks in cushy command jobs that are no longer needed...right?


7 posted on 08/24/2010 7:18:49 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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Yeah, keep slapping the sh*t out of us here in Hampton Roads, 0bama. I guess Virginia dared step on your toes one time too many, huh?

FUBO!


9 posted on 08/24/2010 7:23:23 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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ping


12 posted on 08/24/2010 7:32:46 AM PDT by Vroomfondel
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Pretty soon, Joint Forces will refer to cannibis the way this is going. And the 2nd Fleet will come in dead last in the world, even in mothballs.

Barney Frank mentioned slashing the DoD budget by $1 T.

Carter
Clinton
Obama

Gutting security for the sake of our enemies.

This isn’t just guns or butter. There’s not enough butter anyway. We’re just throwing away the churns.


14 posted on 08/24/2010 7:34:37 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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Hey Norfolk! Elections have consequences!

2008 Election Results - Norfolk
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Obama - 62,819
McCain - 24,818

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Seriously, Norfolk. Do you think a Navy guy like McCain would close down the biggest port on the Atlantic Ocean?

16 posted on 08/24/2010 7:53:45 AM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; investigateworld; lowbuck; ...
SONOBUOY PING!

Click on pic for past Navair pings.

Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.

20 posted on 08/24/2010 12:16:58 PM PDT by magslinger (DISCLAIMER: No liberals were harmed in the making of this post. I'm sorry and will try harder.)
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The Kenyan Clown intends to destroy our military.


26 posted on 08/25/2010 1:09:54 AM PDT by snowsislander (In this election year, please ask your candidates if they support repeal of the 1968 GCA.)
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I could see them decommissioning the Sixth Fleet first. With the end of the Cold War that fleet lost most of its purpose in the Med.


28 posted on 08/25/2010 4:06:14 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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If we are cutting defense, lets cut it at the very top - we don’t need the currrent commander and chief.


36 posted on 08/25/2010 9:53:14 AM PDT by Godzilla ( 3-7-77)
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