Comments on: Congress Fighting Base Closure Plan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_fighting_base_closure_plan/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:26:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mike http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/congress_fighting_base_closure_plan/comment-page-1/#comment-50841 mike Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:10:08 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11201#comment-50841 I am curious as to why it is harder to justify closing the bases during a time of war? The DOD/Pentagon is asking for the closings; they have a vested interest in not shutting something down that could hurt their ability to defend the US/conduct ops. It might be a different story if it was being forced upon the DOD; but it seems (at least from what I know) that Rumsfeld et al. are the folks asking for this. That's why when I see the politicians w/ bases in their state being closed stating that it will affect national security, I wonder what they base this analysis on when the DOD folks who have quite a bit more expertise are saying no it will not hurt our security. I am curious as to why it is harder to justify closing the bases during a time of war? The DOD/Pentagon is asking for the closings; they have a vested interest in not shutting something down that could hurt their ability to defend the US/conduct ops. It might be a different story if it was being forced upon the DOD; but it seems (at least from what I know) that Rumsfeld et al. are the folks asking for this.

That's why when I see the politicians w/ bases in their state being closed stating that it will affect national security, I wonder what they base this analysis on when the DOD folks who have quite a bit more expertise are saying no it will not hurt our security.

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