[neutronsgalore]

"What happens to good guys like Lt. Colonel West and Lt. Pantano reminds of these verses."

I wonder how much of the Senator's opposition to CAFTA was involved in Bush's decision not to help save the base? And if the BRAC is supposed to take politics out of the equasion than how come the Dems managed to keep two inferior bases?

[fallujah-nuker]

What goes unmentioned is that the base is a bomber base, so its fate seems related to the cutbacks to the bomber force under Bush and Rumsfeld. We should be increasing the size of our bomber force, not slashing it!

Also, if we have another large mobilization we have to acquire bases too now, instead of having a large reserve ready. Same deal with navy ships, we used to have a large mothball fleet. Now at Bremerton we have several large carriers awaiting to be sunk. If they were in mothballs we could bring them out if we lost a few to the chicoms.

It is amazing to read the sycophantic drivel from Bushbots fawning over his "strategic vision." The way he is configuring our military for brushfire wars rather than China reminds me of the British before the first world war. In the event of war with China he will be judged harshly by history.