[grey_whiskers]

Just envision what it would be like to have Venezuela on the West Coast in control of every major winter rail line from the Far East.

Yikes, I hadn't thought of that.

Still -- if they were a foreign state, we'd have an excuse to take out Sacramento and San Fran...we could even make Sarah Palin the military governor /sarc>

[Carry_Okie]

Yikes, I hadn't thought of that.

Yeah, after two hundred years protected by two oceans we tend to forget what national defense was supposed to do. A not-so-subtle little reminder was called for I think.

Still -- if they were a foreign state, we'd have an excuse to take out Sacramento and San Fran...we could even make Sarah Palin the military governor /sarc>

Why not LA? It's one large target... BTW, how good is your aim? Could you take the city of Santa Cruz while you're at it?

We'd have to notify the local FReepers first, of course.