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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most National Guard  units have multiple combat tours behind them.  My son is a Captain in the Guard. He has been overseas in heavy combat three times. As an infantry officer, he is trained to kill people.  That’s not what you want in DC neighborhoods. [/quote]

Errr, training is exactly what you want. -- military spouse[/quote]
Because the military has such a great track record elsewhere, right?  It’s criminal how the military conducted and subsequently lost their “war on terror”.[/quote]

Having fun pushing buttons? Enjoy![/quote]
Sorry but you can’t argue troops are “trained” when they’ve continuously failed at their core mission everywhere for the last twenty years.  If your buttons are pushed it’s because of this truth.[/quote]

You're conflating the military and National Guard, so everything you say along these lines is irrelevant anyway.[/quote]
There were no National Guard troops deployed in the war on terror?  Or no active duty troops deployed?  The Guard is not part of the military?  That’s a ridiculous statement.  They are.  And neither are remotely capable of nor legally authorized to “enforce peace”, or whatever you want to call it on your PowerPoint slides, in troubled areas of our cities or act as a surrogate police force.[/quote]

The national guard have different training, rules of operation, oversight and duties than active duty military.  There may be times they work together,  but they are different entities.[/quote]
Like??  Give examples, please.[/quote]

She can’t.  Because it’s not true. When national Guard troops are sent overseas, they are on active duty.  I have one kid in the Guard.  One active duty.  Both went through the same ROTC training. Both went to the same IOBC.  Both went to Airborne and Ranger school.  Both have trained at NTC.  Both have deployed to the same places multiple times.  [/quote]

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