Wes Clark, who is staying in close contact with his grassroots supporters through his new website SecuringAmerica.com, is in the news today talking about an issue he knows intimately: the military. The AP's Caryn Rosseau has the story.

Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Saturday that the Pentagon's plan to close military bases around the country and reorganize troops will isolate the military from the American people and the rest of the world.

Clark said the plan to pull U.S. forces back home from abroad and centralize bases takes jobs away from smaller towns.

"We're losing influence abroad when we bring those troops home, and we lose the interaction with America when we create these super bases," Clark said in a speech to the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association.

This is a very potent argument coming from a former four-star general. America is less safe when our troops become alienated from the rest of the world and even the rest of America.

It's an argument that makes good political sense, as well. Voters should understand that this is a Republican plan by a Republican administration to close military bases in small towns across the country and build Wall Mart-esque military complexes staffed by contractors from Halliburton. If Americans believe the military should refect the value of shared sacrifice, perhaps they should pay heed to General Clark and stand up to this move by Bush and Rumsfeld.