American Voices

Vieques And The U.S. Navy

May 10, 2000 | ISSUE 36•17

On May 5, federal agents removed 216 protesters who had been occupying a Vieques Island bombing range used for target practice by the U.S. Navy. What do you think of the Navy's use of this tiny Puerto Rican island for bombing exercises?

  • A bunch of Puerto Ricans are getting bombed somewhere? Shit, man, tell me something I don't know.

    Richard Eisling
    Electrician

  • Puerto Rico's never going to achieve U.S. statehood if this is how they're gonna act.

    Ken Longchamps
    Bond Trader

  • Maybe the U.S. would listen to the protesters if they didn't speak in that incomprehensible gibberish.

    George Hall
    Systems Analyst

  • The Navy's bombing Puerto Vallarta? That blasted Stubing! Will that bloodthirsty madman stop at nothing?

    Ellen Dawes
    Interior Decorator

  • The prophetic vision of Stephen Sondheim has come to pass, as the world braces for a dramatic showdown between the Puerto Ricans and the jets.

    Gina Fasso
    Student

  • My God, we could be looking at another Cuban Missile Crisis here. Except we have all the weapons, and nobody's worried.

    Nate Nestor
    Pharmacist

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