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‘Appalling Gap’ Found in Homeland Defense Readiness - National Guard, Reserve Forces Lack Sufficient Personnel, Training to Respond to Crisis in U.S., Report Says

The U.S. military is not prepared to meet catastrophic threats at home, and it is suffering from an “appalling gap” in forces able to respond to chemical, biological and nuclear strikes on U.S. soil, according to a congressional commission report released yesterday.

The situation is rooted in severe readiness problems in National Guard and reserve forces, which would otherwise be well-suited to respond to domestic crises but lack sufficient personnel and training, as well as $48 billion in equipment because of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.

We’re running up a pretty colossal national debt having tax cuts directed mostly at the wealthiest Americans who really didn’t need them and we’ve spent almost 700 billion dollars on Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the NG lacks funds to respond to emergencies - like another Katrina. We live in an age where the concept of competence is a grandiose dream.

Bill O’Reilly Attacks Homeless Vets for Not Watching Fox News

Bill never served in the military, and he makes more than $9 million a year. It is unsurprising that he’s out of touch with the plight of the 200,000 homeless veterans living in America.

See last post - Bill might be the kind of hate filled authority figure that some kids are rebelling against.