[Vision2020] "Chevron" and "Shell" Military Bases in Iraq

[Garrett Clevenger]

While I agree with Don Kaag that naming these oil fields is not a sinister 
oil cartel plot, I still think using these names for military bases is 
improper.

I would assume the planners would know this war has a lot to do with image 
and public perception.  The situation in the middle east right now is very 
tense.  There are people in the middle east who view this invasion as 
imperialism.  There is no reason to inflame the feeling by naming military 
bases after oil companies.

I have 2 family members serving in the military over there right now.  I 
want this war to end.  I don't want suicidal people targeting our military.  
I want everyone to come home alive.  It does not seem prudent to endanger 
our military any more than neccesary and I believe that means considering 
public perception of what is going on.  These names run contrary to that.

Garrett Clevenger

http://www.icehouse.net/garrett

"What are we doing to the middle east?!:("

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