Call Their Bluff
Re “Bush Team Plans to End Vieques Bomb Training,” June 14: This is not the solution to this problem. Caving to pressure breeds contempt and encourages pressure in other areas. Call the bluff of Puerto Rican activists and bleeding-heart liberal Democrats in this country. Grant Puerto Rico the independence from the U.S. that many there demand. Cut the U.S. taxpayer dollars sent yearly to Puerto Rico to prop up its Third World economy. Then agree to end the use of Vieques island for U.S. military training. With this offer, watch Puerto Ricans change their minds about Vieques.
Donald Hirt
Paso Robles
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