We'd be in serious trouble right now if we were actually invaded or attacked

[ck4829]

The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job, according to a report.

Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves determined that 88 percent of the units were not prepared for the fight, the panel says in a new report released Thursday.

The independent commission is charged by Congress to recommend changes in law and policy concerning the Guard and Reserves.

The commission's 400-page report concludes that the nation "does not have sufficient trained, ready forces available" to respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear weapons incident, "an appalling gap that places the nation and its citizens at greater risk."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/guarding_america

[Bonobo]

1. Shhhhh! Other people are reading this! nt

[EFerrari]

2. We've been in serious trouble for seven years. n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. trof beat you to it by about 25 minutes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2797570

sP

[Virginia Dare]

4. Not to worry..

the Chinese are going to cyber-attack us anyway. They have the ability to bring us to our knees without ever firing a shot.

[Angela Shelley]

5. Wake up and Think: Which country wants to waste

its resources on this country?

[warren pease]

6. Careful... start telling the truth and the terrorists win.

[rodeodance]

7. and B$$ go out the door on defense. Dems are not able to be effective in this

congress. we must get more DEMS--and the right KIND.

[here_is_to_hope]

8. A chemical, biological or nuclear

attack would be devastating no matter how many troops we had in the US. An invasion by a foreign army?
Not with all of these guns around. We may be no match for a BlackHawk but let a foreign army come up the street and get some!
Ha!

(I think this is sarcasm, I dunno...)

[ladjf]

9. What are we getting for the 500 billion budget?

[Ezlivin]

10. We're safe from invasion: We have nothing anybody else wants

The only people that should live in fear are those who have needlessly entangled us in foreign intrigues.

I think we've done a damned good job of stripping this country to its chassis.

[leftofthedial]

11. we are in serious trouble RIGHT NOW without anyone invading

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Who the fuck could, or would, invade us? Canada,...

Mexico, Cuba? Haiti? Have we EVER been invaded by anyone? (The Japanese landing in the Aleutians doesn't really count.)

In our entire history, we were attacked twice-- Pearl Harbor and 9/11. What's the risk it'll happen again?

Russia might come across the North Pole and down through Canada, if they could think of a good reason why they would want to. China might want to annex us to get their T-bill money back and guarantee us to be their biggest customer, but we'll see them building all those ships.

If someone wants to toss a nuke our way, or drop a big bag of anthrax on us, the almost trillion bucks a year we're spending on "defense" wouldn't stop them.

"Defense" is a cruel, and ridiculously expensive, joke.

[Harkpark]

13. Really

Let me look around to see any world leaders got shit for brain and cannot count warheads hahaha.