TX Senator Kay Bailey Huchison's suggestion to use Fort Bliss would simply be using land they already have, which is what we've been advocating all along.
We have everyone in agreement on this one, all-important point. Rep. Bishop, Rep. Coffman, Sen. Hutchinson, and now the Colorado Springs Business Journal; all accepting the reality that the Army can use training ranges that they already have.
How can the Army argue to Congress, "Well yes, as BRAC says, we have adequate space at Fort Carson/Pinon Canyon to meet our current training needs, and yes, we have space at Fort Bliss for increased training. But the defense contractors in Colorado and the business community in Colorado Springs would like us to expand Pinon Canyon as a favor to them."
The argument that Pinon Canyon expansion is a "military necessity" is not viable.
Pinon Canyon expansion is a "bridge to nowhere."
We have everyone in agreement on this one, all-important point. Rep. Bishop, Rep. Coffman, Sen. Hutchinson, and now the Colorado Springs Business Journal; all accepting the reality that the Army can use training ranges that they already have.
How can the Army argue to Congress, "Well yes, as BRAC says, we have adequate space at Fort Carson/Pinon Canyon to meet our current training needs, and yes, we have space at Fort Bliss for increased training. But the defense contractors in Colorado and the business community in Colorado Springs would like us to expand Pinon Canyon as a favor to them."
The argument that Pinon Canyon expansion is a "military necessity" is not viable.
Pinon Canyon expansion is a "bridge to nowhere."
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