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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:47 AM
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Answer me this
Why do we send national guard units into a war BEFORE activating the ACTIVE duty units...

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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:48 AM
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1. Only if you answer mine:
Why do we send National Guard units overseas?
Isn't that contrary to their, you know, purpose?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:50 AM
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4. Exactly
No explanation for it whatsoever.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:49 AM
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2. Depends, to some extent, what they're trained for

and what the needs of the forces are.

However, as they cannibalize and exhaust those deployed forces, that may have to change.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:49 AM
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3. Well
If you want to get Tin-Foilish, it's to decimate the Guard so that in the event of Martial Law the military can take over much more easily, I guess.

Or, it's just that they are supreme dumbasses..
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:51 AM
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5. Oh, we are liberal with the tinfoil around her
:rofl:

Wish we did not have to be.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:53 AM
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6. I've got a big supply, trust me
Every time I've thought I've seen it all, something new pops up w/ this administration:)
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:54 AM
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7. History has taught us - or should have - never put anything past this...
...administration.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:56 AM
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8. Exactly
We are living in maga-strange times right now, w/ people in power trying to produce their own fucked-version of "Left Behind" on us.

It's almost surreal, really; maybe it is.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:01 AM
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10. enigmatic has it right.
I'm designing fashionable hat patterns as we type.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:05 AM
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11. I need to make one of those
And get a pic w/ it on my head and use it as my DJ picture..
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:08 AM
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12. I'd bet it would be very flattering.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:14 AM
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Don't miss their testimonial page.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:28 AM
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14. Right on!
I think I have my mindless project tomorrow:)
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 02:00 AM
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9. Because the units activated have special
training or equipment for this particular warfighting.

Just the way it played out.
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