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TinCup

(54 posts) Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:08 AM Sep 2021

Military threatened by Red States [View all]

Perhaps it's time to move our military bases out of states like Texas, Georgia and Florida where state Governors and legislatures have passed laws that threaten the well being of our young women and men in uniform. Perhaps that would add the financial incentive to act responsibly

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Military threatened by Red States [View all] TinCup Sep 2021 OP

Pull 'em all Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #1

Thank goodness Virginia is now truly blue. Duppers Sep 2021 #11

Don't abandon a front line Tetrachloride Sep 2021 #2

We'll need those bases in the upcoming civil war. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #9

It would give them a taste of what would happen if their secession fantasy were to come true. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #3

No matter where a base is, Hyde still applies. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #4

But at least a woman can thucythucy Sep 2021 #6

If they have the money for it, if local laws don't require multiple appointments, if there's even WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #10

All too true. thucythucy Sep 2021 #13

I've thought about this for years. thucythucy Sep 2021 #5

Attempting that would guarantee we lose the Senate election in Georgia onenote Sep 2021 #7

And so blue states are locked forever into funneling thucythucy Sep 2021 #14

Would you list the states sarisataka Sep 2021 #8

I've always seen the bases in Red States as a welfare program. nt Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #12