Re: [CPEO-MEF] VIEQUES CELEBRATES THE NAVY'S DEPARTURE

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The following response was posted by Anne Snow <frosty@wn.com.au>
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In reply to Hugh S. Sease III

As somone who lives next to the training area in Lancelin Western
Austraia that seems set to be similar to Vieques I can tell you NO
amount of money is worth the disruption to your life style and the fear
of serious illness among your children

The alternative land use is not important - it can stay empty and unused
but stopping the bombing IS important

It is terrible that militaries kill in war but it much WORSE that they
kill their own civilains and destroy their own land so they can train

In our case it is not even our own military ! it is a foreign power and
it leaves us feeling violated in a manner that I imagine would be very
similar to how being invaded must feel

YES our government is equally at fault too for letting them but they may
have the excuse of being naive. The US Navy knows full well what they
caused in Vieques yet now they move on to destroy us and our pristine
environment

those who consider the economics first should be prepared to come and
live in my house or on Vieques and suffer the consequences themselves

Anne Snow
Lancelin Western Australia

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