On 2 Sep 2005 10:59:42 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Gunner says...


Actually Ab...less than a third are in Iraq.

And the two thirds that are home, haven't come back
recently?

And are fully capable of responding? Point is, they send the
most able ones overseas. The ones behind may well be the
ones who cannot or will not serve, for whatever reason.

My personal guess is if you put the screws to it, less than
half of the stateside guard could actually be deployed.
And most of what they would need, is overseas.

Jim

When you can come up with somethin besides "personal guess" (and we
know how poor that tendss to be when the subject is political), get
back to me, ok?

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner