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2005-09-09 Home Front: WoT

Homeland Security: Who Should Call The Cavalry?

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Posted by Captain America 2005-09-09 16:12|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whoever calls it should conform to Constitutional and legal requirements. If teh new media and Democrats don't understand those the DOD's fault.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-09 20:10|| 2005-09-09 20:10|| Front Page Top

#2 The US (via the constitution) has chosen a decentralized model for dealing with emergencies. Not all emergencies are as severe as Katrina. Not all local and state governments are as incompetent as New Orleans and Louisiana. There are plenty of examples from Europe, and from the former USSR which amply demonstrate the down-side of trying to handle emergencies out of a nations capital (for example Chernobyl).

Posted by AJackson 2005-09-09 23:43|| 2005-09-09 23:43|| Front Page Top

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