Critique of Black Culture

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by sycamore

Oh yeah...Vieques was all his doing. Anyway...

I'm willing to bet that if he hadn't stuck his nose in where it didn't belong that there would still be a base there. Lobby groups can try to extort money from all of the private sector companies that they want, but as has been shown all the military has to do is utter a hardy "Fuck you Silver, away!" and problem solved.

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

I'm willing to bet that if he hadn't stuck his nose in where it didn't belong that there would still be a base there.

Possibly, but Sharpton wasn't the only high-profile person protesting, and there had already been problems with Vieques two years prior to him getting involved.