[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Saudi Arabia, Germany, everything French including the Paris Airshow, Puerto Rico. I think I'm seeing a pattern here....

[GATOR NAVY]

Roosie Roads is next. No need for it now. Buh-bye Puerto Rico, remember, be careful what you ask for...

[Billthedrill]

Wow, this is something. I can hardly wait to hear all those protesters singing Bush's praises. Any time now. Really. Waiting...

[hedgetrimmer]

Why is the property closed to the public? Doesn't it belong to the "people" now?

[Dr Warmoose]

There is another lovely island in the Carib that would be an excellent substitution for Vieques - Martinique.

On our last cruise, we noticed there were fewer passengers, and many of those who we travelled with were disenchanted with Martinique and if given the choice would rather stop at another island. Given what rotten perverted $%*&#%@ the occupants on that island are, and at the time the Clinton administration was engaged in a jihad against the US military by decommisioning so many warships, I figured that the cruise line could pick up some old 16 inch guns, mount them onto the bow, and when the passengers get registered and come on board the first day, they can all sign their names and a cute message on the 2000lb round that will later be lobbed onto the island when the ship passes. Would be a great event and a wonderful gimick to attract cruisers.

[snippy_about_it]

Woo-hoo. Been waiting for this to finalize. Next!

[4Freedom]

They're having an almost full-blown riot on Vieques today. It's hard to tell scenes from Iraq from scenes from Vieques. :(

[Ebenezer]

What a shame, how Puerto Ricans gave in to a few loudmouth separatist bullies and allowed the withdrawal of the Navy from Vieques (and Roosie Roads in the immediate future). I understand Fort Buchanan in Guaynabo may be vacated eventually, leaving, in essence, National Guard and Reserve units as the only U.S. military presence in the island.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.