Report: Military not ready for US attack

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/31/08 | Lolita C. Baldor - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Commission on the National Guard and Reserve’s report: http://www.cngr.gov/Final%20Report/CNGR%20Final%20Report.pdf

[metmom]

Thank you Bill Clinton.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

...and just wait until Barack Obama is the Commander-in-Chief.

[dashing doofus]

In perhaps its most controversial recommendation, the panel again said that the nation's governors should be given the authority to direct active-duty troops responding to an emergency in their states. That recommendation, when it first surfaced last year, was rebuffed by the military and quickly rejected by Defense Secretary Robert Gates

Imagine putting armed forces under the command of Eliot Spitzer, or Deval Patrick, or Jen the Red of Michigan, or Blagojevich...

[xander]

Well we do have a few million armed citizens, at least till the end of the year.

[MeanWestTexan]

One of the answers is to send more $$$ to State Guard efforts (they can’t go overseas) — or have National Guard enlistments that do not, as part of the deal, involve out-of-country assignments.

Lots of people who would willing serve in a domestic emergency cannot agree to commitments overseas for financial and/or family reasons.

[RC2]

No Army is ready for a surprise attack. We weren’t ready prior to WWII either. The key is get reasonably ready, hold off the attacker until you get ready and after you figure out what’s going on.

[Jeff Head]

Been trying to warn of this type of thing with:

The Dragons Fury Series Novel: World War against America and the West

for some time now. This condition is not new and has persisted for some time. We are ably equipped for one or two regional warfare scenarios, but for a true world war or major attack we are lacking.

Glad to see it being discussed more openly.

Freepers can download a full version, professional PDF version of the novel for free:

HERE

[navysealdad]

A Suprise attack from who? Mexico..........

[Piquaboy]

I don’t believe anything the AP has to say. Try and attack us and then see what happens.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

He’s been gone for seven years.

[maclay]

Not to sound like Ron Paul, but surely there are troops in Europe or Asia that would better serve our country by being here protecting us at home and on OUR borders. Please, as I’m sure some will, correct me where I’m wrong here.

[KarlInOhio]

President Hillary will redirect the military to pass out hors d'oeuvres at White House parties.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Okay, I have two questions. One, other than a nuclear strike, of which troops of any kind are going to be useless, except in the clean up, what country has any capability to conduct offensive military operations within the borders of the United States? Except possibly Russia against Alaska.

And two, while I am in favor of making the best preparations possible, when in the history of our nation have National Guard or militia forces EVER been ready to fight when a war broke out?

[G.Mason]

Well ... who wudda thunk it?

I mean Jorge Bush won't even attempt to secure our borders, and we all realize (i think) that the Dim's and RINO's aren't going to remedy this deplorable situation.

[NonValueAdded]

Oh, I don't know ... I doubt any commission could publicly say that the rotations of NG units through Iraq is the precise training necessary for dealing with a CONUS attack aftermath. The first casualty of the attack will be law and order. Can you imagine what will happen in urban centers across the country? But no gubermint official can make that speculation and keep their bowels intact. The press and their colleagues would eviscerate them.

[Quix]

Sounds to me like the puppet masters have been very effective from Klintoons’ time in

setting the USA up

for a catastrophic attack by China on the West and thru Mexico and Russia on the East, thru the gulf and thru Canada . . .

as many have predicted.

[LottieDah]

“and just wait until Barack Obama is the Commander-in-Chief.”

or worse Hillary Clinton. Hillary as President is just inviting women hating Islam Fascist terrists to attack.

[A Texan]

I was thinking the exact same thing. While I agree the US military is to protect us abroad and at home (if need be), the beautiful thing about this country is our founding fathers thought it was a good idea that we citizenry be entrusted with the responsibility as well.