[Vision2020] Impasses lead to shutdown of FAA

[Chuck Kovis]

It's about time China and Japan worry about the Koreas.  When we are closing
schools in this country and watching our infrastructure go to hell, I don't
see why anyone should get excited about a "tree-trimming" incident that
happened 35 years ago.  Let the Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Afghans, Iraqis,
Iranians, Israelis, Germans, Libyans,  . . . . . all of the other countries
where we have 200 military bases  . . ..  ... . . take care of themselves.
We can't maintain an empire, we are imploding.  The real defense budget
approaches 1.5 TRILLION   DOLLARS A YEARS!  When is enough, enough?  In the
meantime, let's close some more post offices and shut down rural airports.
We need that money to build military airports in Tripoli.  Chuck Kovis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <mushroom at moscow.com>
Cc: "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Impasses lead to shutdown of FAA


> There are very, VERY few global locations where I believe our presence is
> justified, but . . .
>
> Having served in South Korea (February '76 - March '77) during the
> tree-trimming incident of August '76, and having participated in various
> exercises subsequent to, and as a result of, that incident, I can say
> without hesitation or reservation that our military presence prevented
> North Korean troops from crossing into South Korea.  If South Korea were
> to fall, Japan is a mere stone's throw from the missile sites of the Cheju
> Islands.
>
> More on the tree-trimming incident of August 1976.
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062377/posts
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>
> On Tue, August 2, 2011 7:21 pm, mushroom at moscow.com wrote:
>>> If we were to shut down all our military bases around the world, how
>>> soon
>>> do you think it would be, Sunil, before South Korea would be at war with
>>> their neighbors to the north?
>>>
>>> The presence of 30,000 US troops in South Korea acts as a deterrent.
>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>
>> I like most of Tom's posts, but this makes me sad. Because it suggests 
>> our
>> country could drift toward posting troops in half the countries of the
>> world to "deter" possible actions of the other half. We presently are
>> close to that. People (including children) are starving to death and we
>> are spending as much or more on defense than the entire rest of the world
>> combined.
>>
>> This is SO WRONG!
>>
>> Don Coombs
>>
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> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
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