The Navy's Answer to San Francisco

Here's the response to the anti-military behavior of San Francisco:

Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter vetoed plans to commission the Makin Island, the Navy's newest and most powerful warship, in San Francisco in 2008 because of a perception that the city is anti-military.

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt, chairman of a high-powered committee that was to support a commissioning ceremony for the Makin Island, said he has been informed that the ship would not be commissioned in San Francisco, as scheduled, but in San Diego.

Myatt said he had been told that the Navy was concerned about San Francisco's refusal to provide a homeport for the retired battleship Iowa, which would be turned into a museum, and for the city school board's decision to abolish junior ROTC training in San Francisco high schools.

One of the factors that turned the Pentagon against San Francisco, he said, was widely quoted anti-military remarks made by various city politicians. Some of the remarks got considerable attention, especially ones made by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the Board of Supervisors, who was quoted on national television as saying national defense should be left to "the cops and the Coast Guard."

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What in the world is this person smoking? The cops fighting? They're not trained for that. Do they really want cops to be our line of defense against our enemy? And the Coast Guard? They aren't trained for that either. Evidently, they are trained to fight but I would be shocked if they would desire to take on all of the entire defensive of this country that the other four branches share. And does someone want to tell me that our cops are trained in combat as well?

I hope this stands and that Pelosi doesn't somehow throw her weight around and get them to reverse themselves. San Fransisco is acting like a two year old and they need to learn, like two year olds learn that actions have consequences. And when you tell the military you don't want them, they will take the hint.

Updated to add: Did not mean to insult the Coast Guard with this post :-) I was just incredulous that anyone would think that the Coast Guard and the cops would be all the defense needed when we have much more fighting power than that. Why would we want to lose our air superiority (unless someone wants to tell me that Coast Guards can now launch fighter jets)?

Tags: Navy, San Fransisco, junior ROTC