Armed Forces retreat from KC

Troops pull out of KC due to Pentagon cutbacks.

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission will continue to vote on each individual Pentagon recommendation, with its work expected to be done Friday. The Pentagon wants to close about 180 installations nationwide, estimating doing so would save more than $48 billion over 20 years.

The commission voted to close the Marine Corps Support Center in Kansas City, at a cost of 333 jobs; a Navy recruiting headquarters in Kansas City, where 38 would leave; and the Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons, Kan., representing 167 positions.

With all of the violence and deadly traffic in this town I don't blame the military for cutting out of this place. Still, KC's insurgents have a better soundtrack than all of that horrible Arab music.