My 18-year old son is about to return to the his post at the 101st Airborne Division, a few hundred miles from the disaster area, and
this is where they are being sent: straight to Iraq.
You'd think they could realize that it's merely
600 miles to downtown New Orleans from Fort Campbell . Then consider that many of these soldiers are newer troops; humanitarian service would probably help them.
What a perfect exit strategy. If Bush would just say "we can't send additional troops right now due to our own national disaster" and bring back some of the already-stationed troops.... ah, a pipe dream.
Lets just hope I don't have to camp outside during Bush's next vacation.