"To: mwl1
why is everything up to the federal government? why are all the local police, the state police and the national guard under control of the governor - simply given a pass as to standing up to their responsibilities?
its obvious now what is going on, the police and the state controlled guard could be shooting these people by the truckload right now, and they aren't."
It's a game of chicken.
Whoever gives the order to shoot to kill will wear the albatross....ALL of it, Gulf Coast, NO, gas crunch, death toll, evac, all of it.
Bush legally can't give the order. National Guards under Bush are "military". National Guards under the Governor are "State Militia". The military can't run LE ops on US soil.
I agree with you.