"A document listing troops heading to both states shows that some 1,700 Guard security personnel from Maryland and four other states began streaming into Mississippi starting Wednesday. That day, just 150 security troops arrived in Louisiana from the Texas National Guard.
That began to change yesterday, when the list showed that Louisiana was bringing in another 1,560 Guard military police and security personnel from six states, nearly one-third of them from neighboring Arkansas. Mississippi was to receive another 1,700 security troops."
Hmmm......Gov. Barbour is a loyal bushie from a red state and Gov. Blanco is a Dem from a blue state. Could that be the reason Nat. Guard troops first flowed to MS? Of course, you never thought of that.
"Her remarks contrasted with those by Michael Chertoff, the secretary of homeland security, who said yesterday that the Superdome, where thousands of refugees sought shelter, "is secure" with the help of "several hundred" National Guardsmen and city police.
His statement was belied by police at the scene, who described the situation as extremely dangerous.
On Tuesday, Louisiana - which has several thousand National Guard troops deployed in Iraq - had about 65 percent of its Guard force available, roughly 6,500 soldiers and airmen. About 3,800 of them were called to state active duty by Blanco, providing debris removal, security, food distribution and law enforcement support. As of yesterday, another 2,000 Louisiana Guard troops were on hurricane relief duty."
Who called up the 3800 guardsmen, nearly 2/3 of the total available in LA....the man in the moon? |
