Posted by Barry Jantz at 12:00 am on Sep 11, 2006 Comments Off on More on Miramar….
If
yesterday’s post wasn’t enough…
I received an email from a reader as follows:
I’m not yet decided on the airport
issue, but it is persuasive that all of the region’s delegation is
against the proposal.I really wonder if the argument that
somehow not having the Marine Air Station here weakens national
defense is really sound. The presupposition is that to relocate the
base would therefore weaken us as a country, and I just find that a
"stretch" of logic. Arguments that it might be expensive to
relocate the base, or that we might be negatively impacted by the
loss of this government facility may be sound, but that our
national defense posture would suffer is just not
convincing.
It just seems to me that the real
issue is who needs the location the most, assuming that the
existing airport will not meet our needs indefinitely. It’s a very
complex matter with lots of considerations that "cut both ways." I
just sincerely question the national defense
argument.… Read More