Hmmm I don't buy it. This is a decision made by the military for the benefit of the military. The strategic choice of Fairbanks makes sense if you look at it objectively. However I am not naive enough to say politics played no role; surely political pressure eased the Pentagon along in its decision making but I doubt the power of our political delegation is so great they force the Pentagon to do something they didn't want to do.

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