Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 4, 1 April 2007 — Stryker Brigade [ARTICLE]

Stryker Brigade

I read Trustee Walter Heen's eolumn that appeared in the Malaki KWO issue. Mr. Heen, I have to ask you a valid question on the environmental impact study that is being done by or for the Army: how do we all know if it's the truth? And yes, I'm saying the Army is eapahle of lying to further its own goals. If one native plant is harmed, then that's too mueh risk and damage to our 'āina. Let's remember what government brought down our royalty on the basis of lies and guns. While I'm only half Hawaiian, I'm fed up with the way the U.S. government uses our land, and then onee it's ruined, disposes of it for us to elean up, like Kaho'olawe. Then it's given to the State of Hawai'i, not the people of Hawai'i. Look at the huge brush fire at Mākua Valley. It was started on purpose by the U.S. Army. Gee, do we go to theirhale or 'āina and start a fire? No, that would be a crime. So how ean the Army eonhnue its use of Mākua Valley? We don't need a Stryker Brigade in Hawai'i; they're needed in Iraq or Afghanistan. President Bush, thanks for what you did: putting our soldiers in hann's way for a needless war. Rodney Souza Via the lnternet

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