Re: Republican administration has left our nation vulnerable to attack

When this country was fighting in WWII, how many of our troops were still in the United States? How "vulnerable" is a nation to attack, when that nation has a nuclear arsenal that is large enough to wipe off the face of the map any country that attacks this country?

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9jt3q39ol7a5p598ur8jkk5qr7393h8rpb@xxxxxxxxxx

From The Associated Press, 1/31/08:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-guarding-america,0,2640337.story

Report: Military Not Ready for US Attack

By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON -

The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the
country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or
training they need for the job, according to a report.

Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were
nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and
Reserves determined that 88 percent of the units were not prepared for
the fight, the panel says in a new report released Thursday.

The independent commission is charged by Congress to recommend changes
in law and policy concerning the Guard and Reserves.

The commission's 400-page report concludes that the nation "does not
have sufficient trained, ready forces available" to respond to a
chemical, biological or nuclear weapons incident, "an appalling gap
that places the nation and its citizens at greater risk."

"Right now we don't have the forces we need, we don't have them
trained, we don't have the equipment," commission Chairman Arnold
Punaro said in an interview with The Associated Press.

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Thanks Republicans

Harry

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