Will be when the next natural or man-made or contrived disaster strikes.

And then we'll be ruled by Cheney's rent-a-cops.

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I have always been of the impression that the National Guard was just that. A military force tasked with defending and protecting the land of the Nation and not Other Nations. I was taught that it's sole responsibility was to defend American soil when invaded. It's secondary duties were to help areas within our borders to cope with disastours and uprisings.

So now with so so many National Guard troops either deployed or recouperating from a deployment who's left to defend American shores. Is the government, seven years after an attack on our shores, so confident that it will not happen again, they are willing to deploy forces to other countries, that are meant to be here for America's defence.

So while America fights them there so they don't have to fight them here, they are advertising to the enemy that noone is home looking after the house. If they were smart enough to figure out how to plane bomb 3 out of a possible 4 targets with everyone in the country, how long do you think it will take for them, the enemy, to realize their best bet is to bring the fight back here due to a lack of defense forces. And if you think I am way out in left field tell me this. If they can sneak across the border from Pakistan into Afghanistan and back without getting caught what is to stop them from getting to America via Pakistan? I bet it's the no-fly list that bans Air Marshalls. And don't bother saying the intelligence community. GW just spent 7 years telling us how bad the intelligence is and was.

Question is who the hell will defend America with all it's soldiers overseas? Are they so blind that they cannot see that America is ripe for invasion or attack. Why you ask? Because everyday there is more and more news, broadcast worldwide for all to hear, about the American military, and it's home defenders being streached far too thin and being somewhere else. All it will take is one loony tune to make it happen. Just think back a few years to what happened when all of the military was where it should be. What will happen now while they are all away from home? One dictator or one terrorist can make it happen.

Let's just hope someone comes to their senses and realizes just how undefended the country really is. After all Putin is reforming the old Soviet Union right under ol' Georgies nose. But I suppose terrorism is a far bigger problem that the reemergence of the old soviet state and communism right? Spent forty years and gazillions of dollars fighting communism only to have it come back in less than 20. Way to go!

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It was a deliberate move to un-defend our homeland in the first place. They should refuse to go. All of them all at once as a war protest. The governors should support them as heros doing the right and patriotic thing, standing down to an illegal war.

The people there should come home. The whole thing is a complete disaster. You do not 'own' a country just because you broke it. We should not send one more person there. The ones there should come home. If the neocons have a big problem with that, let THEM go there.

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... of course... its only the casualties that would keep us from being there for a hundred years.

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Those brigades are just part of the whole rotation. The Guard and active-duty are on different deployment cycles. Those brigades will be piece-mealed all over the country for guard duty. We're not putting the National Guard in charge of OIF.

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Mr. Ackerman. You need to do more research before you post something that is eroneous at best. Those are not the only guys going in the Spring. How do I know? I am going as part of an active duty Division. Now, if you would like a better source than you were using to write this "article", subscribe to the Army Times. They have the rotation schedule spelled out. Guard untis are rotating in and out much like us active duty guys, and they are doing a darn good job at it too. I look forward to working with them again.

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Blackwater World Wide was given $1 billion to recruit from all over the world for what? Why to 'augment' the depleted forces here in case of a disaster or riot or something they will use against us. Backed by InfraGard and a militarized police force with full plenary powers under 'emergency conditions' which will fully suspend what is left of our rights. Something long planned.
What better way to have our people overseas while while mercinaries paid for with our tax money take control of our streets! Blackwater will be hiring thugs from many places that have had and some still have voilence like Chile and Nigeria and where ever else BWW will recruit from. We've seen how they were in New Orleans and in Iraq.

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