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LewWaters
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 Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: Retired USS Iowa headed inland after San Francisco's antiwar |
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The Peoples Republic of San Francisco, capital of the Land of Fruits and Nuts, drags anti-war to a new low, in my estimation. Even the far left Dianne Feinstein doesn't get this one;
| Quote: | Retired USS Iowa headed inland after San Francisco's antiwar rejection
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15 — The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later, suffered one of the nation's most deadly military accidents.
Veterans groups and history buffs had hoped that tourists in San Francisco could walk the same teak decks where sailors dodged Japanese machine-gun fire and fired 16-inch guns that helped win battles across the South Pacific. <<snip>>
But city supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military's stance on gays, among other things.
''If I was going to commit any kind of money in recognition of war, then it should be toward peace, given what our war is in Iraq right now,'' Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said.
Feinstein called it a ''very petty decision.''
''This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in,'' Feinstein said. |
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MrJapan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: Retired USS Iowa headed inland after San Francisco's ant |
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| LewWaters wrote: | The Peoples Republic of San Francisco, capital of the Land of Fruits and Nuts, drags anti-war to a new low, in my estimation. Even the far left Dianne Feinstein doesn't get this one;
| Quote: | Retired USS Iowa headed inland after San Francisco's antiwar rejection
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15 — The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later, suffered one of the nation's most deadly military accidents.
Veterans groups and history buffs had hoped that tourists in San Francisco could walk the same teak decks where sailors dodged Japanese machine-gun fire and fired 16-inch guns that helped win battles across the South Pacific. <<snip>>
But city supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military's stance on gays, among other things.
''If I was going to commit any kind of money in recognition of war, then it should be toward peace, given what our war is in Iraq right now,'' Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said.
Feinstein called it a ''very petty decision.''
''This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in,'' Feinstein said. |
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These people are sick narrowminded people.... Where would the world be without the help of us (and all of our allies at any given war)?
I am curious about the accident though, I don't recall anything about it 
Maybe the cobwebs are growing :p |
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MrJapan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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Wow.... such a tragic story :/
This was before I had ANY knowledge outside my Texas University... at that time, I didn't see, or didn't care about reality :/ (I was 19yo).
Think there is some way to teach\show the younger peeps (people) how important it is to see what is going on in reality, wherever it might be?
EDIT:
sorry, didn't mean to double post, I tried to stop it before it went through to correct a mistake :/ |
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