00:00Finally, good riddance to it and good riddance to any military presence in this country.
00:06I've been very vocal and very, very clean on this issue that they should not have been in here, in
00:16this island.
00:18And I am happy that they are finally gone.
00:22Mr. Dennis said the dismantling of the U.S. military radar brings into focus a larger issue.
00:30The larger issue for me is that this underscores the fact that we were misled by this government, this Prime
00:42Minister, and by the Tobago House of Assembly, specifically the Chief Secretary, on this issue.
00:51Because you were told that this radar was about fighting crime and fighting drug trafficking and human trafficking.
01:02Is it that we no longer have a drug trafficking and human trafficking issue in this country?
01:08Dennis said the installation of the radar was never about this country's crime fight.
01:13Is it that we no longer have a crime problem in this country?
01:18The radar was never about drugs and human trafficking.
01:23It was about us as a country lending our jurisdiction to provide military support.
01:35The planting of a military asset for what that foreign government intended to do in our neighbouring country, Venezuela.
01:47Main time, head of the Tobago Hotel and the Tourism Association, Reginald McLean, said the U.S. needs to keep
01:55an eye on Trinidad and Tobago.
01:57You know, radar is not something that penetrates mountains.
02:01So for the drug trade, I don't know how much it has helped us.
02:04I just hope the U.S. is keeping a good eye on Trinidad and Tobago because we have to deal
02:09with our drug problem,
02:11our trade in human parts, and our trade in humans,
02:16along with all the other contraband and all of that.
02:19So hopefully we are going to remain getting help from the U.S.
02:23Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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