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When Hillary Clinton was campaigning for
the US Senate, she took sides with the Puerto Ricans who wanted
the US Navy to quit using the bombing range at Vieques. Hillary
said it was the right thing to do, to honor the request of the
Islanders.
There were protest in New York City where Hillary
attended along with the usual suspects, Edward James Olmos, Al
Sharpton, Robert Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, everyone but Yul Bryner.
The Ricans were determined to stop the Navy from using Vieques.
The natives paraded with signs saying ‘Navy Get Out!’
Well sometimes things just don’t work
out the way we had figured. The US Navy decided to close The Roosevelt
Roads Naval Air Station. The base happens to be one of Puerto
Rico’s largest employers. The base pumps about 300 million
dollars into the local economy.
The government of Puerto Rico was astonished,
those same voices who were calling for the Navy to ‘Get Out!’,
were now saying it was not fair for the Navy to pull out.
Admiral Robert Natter, the commander of the
Atlantic fleet said, “without Vieques, there is no need for
the Navy facility at Roosevelt Roads.”
You don’t want the Navy, then you need
the money.
That's
how I see it!
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Webb's
World ~ 03/12/2003
