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To: tejek who wrote (215457)	1/20/2005 9:46:00 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573902

If you are talking about our carrier's military exercises, here is the explanation. Aircraft carriers are cities on a boat. They are expensive to run and expensive to maintain. We sent an aircraft carrier to help out Indonesia during a time of war for the U.S. So the commanders of the carrier continued to conduct military exercises to ensure their personnel were battle ready. I can see how the gov't of one of the most populous Muslim countries might have been a bit nervous, which is why they asked us to quit the military exercises and set a time limit for foreign troops to leave. Did you notice how quickly we complied? The very next day, our spokesperson said we understand their gov't wishes and we will comply. But you can't fault the U.S. for maintaining battle readiness on a carrier during a time of war, especially when that carrier was probably diverted from safeguarding our interests to set sail for Indonesia to help in a humanitarian effort. You need to look at all angles, tejek. Not every action by the U.S. is purposeless or is meant to take advantage of other countries. Most of the time, there are darn good reasons for our actions.