This can be seen as an effort to reduce the military to only
those units with primary allegiance to the President and *NOT*
the Constitution/People.

Every few years some agency conducts a survey of the U.S.
military to determine how many would fire on American citizens if
ordered to do so. Every few years the results are that a
(declining) majority would not do so, with almost no reserve or
national guard personnel willing to do so.

The run-down in equipment and reduction in National Guard
personnel/readiness thus has a darker explication than mere
stupidity. In the worst case it may be deliberate and brilliant
policy solution to a problem.

Unka George




On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:54:19 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

The theory is that it will be used by troops remaining but it leaves the
guard with nothing to train on when they get home. Another indication that
the Shrub and his neocon cronies have the foresight of an ant.