Everything I posted disputes your point. The federalized guard is in Iraq and she has no control. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion is under her control. You seem to imply that if she's not making battle plans she's not involved.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And the the National Guard has repeatedly reiterated that whenever they are > involved in anything military (as opposed to natural disaster work), they > are not in any way, shape or form under the command of the Governor. Oh, how > I wish they were. If they were, then Oregon's National Guard units would > have come home a long time ago. > > Interestingly enough, when the National Guard was nationalized for military > functions, Oregon instituted its own militia. They are called the Oregon > State Defense Force and they are about the most obscure thing Oregon has. If > it wasn't for knowing Search and Rescue folks and being a Ham operator, I > never would have heard of these guys. > > http://orsdf.org/ > > Anyway, Palin has no involvement in any of the strategic or tactical use of > the military (army, navy, air force or guard) in Alaska. I'm sure she is > briefed on matters and I'm sure that she has a heavy burden talking to > families of soliders deployed from the state as any other governor has. A > non-trivial matter to be sure. But no different for being in Alaska than > being in Iowa. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271228 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
