'Aina-destroying invasion of Strykers


In a letter in the Advertiser, Nancie Caraway writes that "Despite The Advertiser's huckstering for the 'aina-destroying invasion of Strykers planned to be deployed on the Big Island and Central O'ahu, this is a destructive project that will bring only more degradation to Hawai'i's fragile ecosystems and eat up thousands of acres of private land. ... Hawai'i's economic stability (jobs, construction contracts, new consuming populations) continues to be held hostage to military spending. ... We are again being asked to sacrifice the health and beauty of our Islands for a specious 'global military security' rationale. ... Talk of a 'balance' between Hawai'i's natural resources and the military's training needs is a clever rhetorical device — but it's a lie. It sold us out. Drive through Central O'ahu to the North Shore and look around. It's enraging to be asked once again to submit to more military colonization."

Update: A quite interesting fact was brought to my attention – Nancie Caraway is married to Congressman Neil Abercrombie, who has been one of the biggest pushers of the Strykers and other military expansion in Hawaii. Considering that fact, it is a pretty remarkable letter, and I give her extra kudos for speaking so freely in opposition to her husband's policies!


Posted: Tue - August 3, 2004 at 07:07 AM    
   
 
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