Re: Looting in New Orleans


"John Lansford" <jlnsford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Seawolf" <Seawolf82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>"William Black" <william.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Fourth, they've already looted the gunshops, the BBC is reporting that
>>> there are areas of New Orleans the National Guard are refusing to enter
>>> because it's too dangerous because of gunfire.
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>>Then they should be court-martialed. They are refusing to do the job that
>>the American taxpayers are paying them for.
>
> Yes, but are the NG units left in the states true combat units, or
> supply/support units? One unit called up was a NG band, because that
> was all that was available!

Excuse me? Louisiana has sixty-five percent of its NG personnel available
(i.e., not deployed elsewhere), so the claim that the band is all that is
available is ludicrous. As to that band--you did not know it was common for
unit bands to have secondary missions? Our division band doubled as a TOC
security force. They are trained to use an M-16A1, you know.

Brooks

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