[EFL from strategypage]
May 9, 2003: Bowing to small groups of loud idiots political pressure, the Vieques bombing range in Puerto Rico was closed earlier this month. The nearby Roosevelt Roads naval base is being closed. The base provided 1200 local civilians with jobs, as well as 700 military personnel. The base put $300 million a year into the local economy. The clueless governor of Puerto Rico ... apparently missed the fact that Roosevelt Roads would close as a result.
Oops - too busy being a rabble rouser to think it through
The clueless morons activists who wanted Vieques closed thought that the bombing range would be cleaned up (unexploded bombs removed) so the area could be bought by developers and tourist facilities built. But cleaning up the old bombs is too expensive, and the Vieques range is being turned over to the Department of the Interior for use as a wasteland a wildlife refuge. The fence around the range will warn people to keep out, because of hundreds (no one knows exactly how many) unexploded bombs and shells in there.
Gave them what they asked for, not what they expected. I smell Rumsfeld behind this one — quietly grinning like that cat that ate the canary |