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WH Threatens To Close Offutt AB Unless Ben Nelson Votes For Obamacare

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 They are "threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?"

Probably wouldn't make a bit of difference, they're just pretending it does.

Posted by gorb 2009-12-16 01:53|| 2009-12-16 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Simply proving once again that Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC) is a tool of politics and not of actual taxpayer cost savings.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-16 05:14|| 2009-12-16 05:14|| Front Page Top

#3 As I said yesterday, Offutt is vital to our national security. Just closing it because of political reasons is pretty much treason.

If anyone saw the special on how we took out the satellite with a anti-missile shot from a ship, the main HQ and tracking center was in Offutt.

Obama has once again proved that he puts his own agenda above the country's security.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-12-16 07:03|| 2009-12-16 07:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Much kerfuffle....

OAFB/STRATCOM is arguably the most important base in CONUS (for the time being), and Zero knows it.

Nelson, IMHO, will call Emanuel's bluff and go his own way.

The "Chicago Way" tactic, however, will be remembered and come back and bite Obama, etal, in a big way....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-12-16 09:08|| 2009-12-16 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's not forget BO and Rahm Emanuel's Alinsky's community organizer politics in 2010 at the polls. These kind of politics do not serve America well.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-12-16 16:56|| 2009-12-16 16:56|| Front Page Top

#6 most important base in CONUS (for the time being), and Zero knows it.

Which just means he has multiple reasons to close it, not just a Nelson vote.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-12-16 19:16|| 2009-12-16 19:16|| Front Page Top

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