Gen'l told troops to hold weapons point down so it doesn't look like Iraq.

[Stephanie]

They are carrying automatic weapons ni NOLA. As seen just now on CNN - Pentagon correspondent reporting.

They do that in Grand Central occasionally now too.

What has this country come to?

[drdtroit]

1. Welcome to the new world order. n/t

[Autumn Colors]

2. Occasionally???

Every time I'm in Grand Central, there are ALWAYS troops with automatic weapons in there.

[Stephanie]

4. Well I'm in there every day and I don't notice them every day -

but maybe I am just inured to the sight.

[Autumn Colors]

5. Evening rush hour

I usually am coming into the city (and Grand Central) as the mob of commuters is leaving to go home and the place where I commonly see them is just beyond the north entrance of the main concourse by that escalator that goes down to the food court (the hall also leads to a ramp out to 42nd St - they're not guarding the food. LOL).

[Journeyman]

3. Well, twice in my lifetime I've seen a similar scene. . .

here in Los Angeles. . . once in '65, then again in '92. So troops patrolling streets doesn't show that the country has "come" to anything, only that it's repeating itself.

[jody]

6. Do you want the troops to go unarmed? The standard military arms are

the M-16 rifle and M9 pistol. Troops either use their issue arms are nothing. :shrug: