Delegate Marshall - Withdraw Our Troops From Germany?
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 02:56PM 
During Del. Bob Marshall's speech to the Republicans gathered at the Waynesboro Mass Meeting this week; he stated he would redeploy the 35,000 troops we now have in Germany to the Southern Border of the United States.
It skipped my mind to ask him if those troops could have been more useful in protecting the Alaska Pipeline, as he felt we needed to be cautious about drilling in ANWAR , because it was so far away from the United States, and risked terrorist attack.
What his statements really highlights his lack of strategic vision in Military matters. This contrasts with Governor Jim Gilmore who served in US Army Intelligence in Germany near the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
The bases we maintain in Germany are vital for our strategy of 'Forward Defense' that was utilized to win the Cold War, and keep the peace in Europe. Stripping those bases of personnel is foolhardy, as those bases, and our personnel were attacked by Left Wing Terrorist Cells during the Cold War. Furthermore, those bases have played a vital role in the War on Terror, and specifically for staging the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Moving those assets to our own border is completely foolhardy. The Southern Border of the USA can be secured with fencing and border patrols, it's complete overkill to place M-1 Tanks and AH-1 Attack Helicopters on our southern border just to deter illegal immigration.
Delegate Marshall having never been a veteran, also misses another aspect of maintaining bases abroad. It is a great recruiting tool to attract young Men and Women who seek adventure in their lives to be stationed in Germany, Italy & Japan etc. I can assure you one of the best year's of my life was spent in Okinawa Japan.
It has always been clear that Governor Jim Gilmore is the best candidate to defeat Governor Mark Warner this November. He stands head and shoulders above either of the other candidates for the office on military, and foreign policy matters.
Governor Gilmore not only chaired the Gilmore Commission prior to 9-11 but also implemented the actual plan that was followed in case of a terrorist attack on Virginia in May of 1999. He signed Executive Order 41 fully two years before the attacks on the Pentagon.
Delegate Marshall is a good Conservative, but he needs to add a few more books to his library on exactly how many lives the USA lost taking and securing bases abroad during the history of our nation. Forward Defense means our military protects our citizens not in our streets, but in the streets and high seas away from our shores. Governor Jim Gilmore knows that, and that is why he should be the Republican to replace Senator John Warner this coming November.
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I stated to Delegate Bob Marshall that I agreed with him on everything he said right up until he was unable to answer about windmills, and ANWR. He seemed to have a good handle on the other issues, but seemed perplexed by Conservation. It seems odd that a man who got such high reviews from Environmental groups, would be so seemingly ill-informed on ANWR, and wind power.It seemed strange.
These attacks on Bob Marshall are wearing thin. First they try to distract from the only real important issue, life, and then they try to attack Marshall for daring to point out that rapes have been on the rise since Roe v. Wade and we started contracepting ourselves out of existence? I guess they were just too busy with their Planned Parenthood committees and pandering to McDonnell to notice the REALITY. Well guess what? He's right, God is punishing us and people DO have less respect for Women. Breast and ovarian cancer has been skyrocketing since the 1970s when Roe v. Wade was put into law. Think that's a coincidence? Lets not forget:
“For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? / Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.”
ITS A PESTILENCE! Should we have any doubt that promiscuous women have brought ovarian cancer and breast cancer and rape upon this nation? THERE ARE 50 MILLION ABORTIONS PER DAY!! I'm amazed God hasn't killed every first-born son yet (though quite a few are dead through abortions so maybe we did that to ourselves)!.
“And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.”
Loudoun ProLifer - Do you know any NON-promiscuous women who have been hit with brest and/or ovarian cancer? You're so far out as to be irrevelant IMO. 50 MILLION ABORTIONS A DAY !!!!!!!!!! Your source, please.
I'll have more to say on this on my own blog, but I do have one question: Which nation bordering Germany is its enemy?
Loudoun Pro-Life:
Bob Marshall said it, I repeated it with commentary on why I thought it was short sighted... That is hardly some kind of blood thirsty attack.
I am Pro-Life, but I also know that Gov. Gilmore advanced the Pro-Life agenda in VA as AG and Gov. Working with Allen to make Parental Notification Law, Making 24 Hour Waiting periods Law, Outlawing Cloning in VA, Law! Increasing funding for abstinence, and adoption in VA.
He also fought for the life of a Virginian when the liberals tried to remove the feeding tube to keep that person alive.
If he were pandering for Pro-Choice votes, why did he do that?
DJ:
In the same vein is Mexico an enemy of the USA? We need to secure our border, but denuding Germany of troops, heavy equipment and aircraft, is not the answer.