Subject: [OMJP] Militarization of the Port of Olympia
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 21:02:17 -0700
From: Carrie Lybecker <carriejl@comcast.net>

I've thought about this some more.

1) We have a teensy tiny port, hardly more than a fishing village and
genteel urban waterfront. Our port is not set up for major shipping or
trade.

2) Fort Lewis is, as the crow flies geographically, directly across from
the Port of Tacoma. It is also 30-45 minutes south of another major
port, the Port of Seattle.

3) It makes no sense whatsoever that the Army would have any need to use
our sleepy little port when it has access to much better ports (for its
purposes) in Tacoma and Seattle.

4) It makes no sense that Fort Lewis convoys would travel an hour south
to a comparitively substandard port.

5) Somehow, the Navy (USS Olympia) and the Army just happened to have
decided that they both needed to use our port during the same time
period. I don't believe it is credible that a nuclear-powered submarine
AND ships receiving Army cargo could simultaneously occupy a harbor of
our type without extensive prior coordination, if not between them, than
at least with the Port Authority. Let me say that again: the Navy and
the Army could not simultaneously occupy our port without coordination
and planning by someone.

So the question remains, why here?

I do not for an instant believe this is random coincidence. I think it
is part of a coordinated plan, and of course I don't know its purpose.

Carrie