Saturday, September 10, 2005
Between Iraq and a hard place
The War in Iraq is making us less safe, and not just because terrorism is on the increase since the war began, but because we are stretched thin in terms of troops and machinery and are left vulnerable when disasters (like Hurricane Katrina) hit at home:
From CNN: "Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that 'arguably' a day or so of response time was lost due to the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.
'Had that brigade been at home and not in Iraq, their expertise and capabilities could have been brought to bear,' said Blum."
From CNN: "Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that 'arguably' a day or so of response time was lost due to the absence of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.
'Had that brigade been at home and not in Iraq, their expertise and capabilities could have been brought to bear,' said Blum."
