From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> How would the governors know? Hmm, well perhaps by asking their underlings
> to report back on the state of the state?  '02, 03, 04, 05, 06...>

Obviously  they should not have listened to the administration. the people
who were responsible for equipping the guard.


>
> I mean sheesh, the telephone pole mounted electrical transformers had
> barely stopped buzzing in the weeds where they landed when the Gov. of
> Kansas was so sure that it was Bush's fault -- all the while ignoring that
> there was no delay in help in the first place as anyone with two (or even
> one, or a pair of ears, or even one) eyes could see right on TV behind
> her. Despite her not having requested help from the very institution she
> claimed failed at the time of her posturing; unbelievable.
>
> Hell, lots of people still believe there were rampant murders and rapes in
> New Orleans, thanks to the BS of the "reporters" on the
scene, most people
> don't know the Navy was active and saving lives even as the
"reporters"
> were tsk tsking about non-existent rapes, zero response et. al.>
>
> It's time, in the aftermath of our cut and run from Iraq, for us as
> average citizens, to realize that we are the only thing stopping us from
> being killed by the jihadists that are going to follow us home. We cannot
> rely on, nor expect to be safe, in view of 18 month FBI investigations of
> "5 guys" here and there, as there will be many hundreds of
"5 guy groups"
> in our near future and we do not have the manpower to do the "investigate
> for 18 months, prosecute for 4 years routine on the defensive" act and
> expect maintain our current lifestyles of going where we want without
> being blown up.  hope we can before it becomes reality -- though I acknowledge that the
> groundswell to surrender to Al Qaeda in Iraq is a foregone conclusion,
> much to our shame as formerly great nation>
>

It remains to be seen just how dangerous the 5 were. So far the hype over
terror arrests has been far greater than the final convictions.

I'd be far more concerned about the Alabamians arrested. They actually had
weapons. Without the help of  FBI informants.

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