Have we allowed the British to help us yet?
The Canadians?
The Mexicans?
The Jamaicans?
The Venezuelans? I mean, the Venezuelans are offering health care and OIL. OIL.
What the heck is going on here?
I do not say the following in even a partisan manner ... this is just the parsimonious conclusion ... DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN?
I am stumped.
We need help. Bush is acting as if he has to be STRONG and refuse help ... it's not HIS decision to make, it's HIS to approve.
This is a no-brainer. Even superpowers need help sometimes. I mean, we accepted help on 9/11. What is the Feds' deal?
Americans need to do even more in the days ahead ... but especially if we aren't going to bring the National Guard home (and we should) we need to accept foreign soldiers.
I would rather have Canadian soldiers in the streets of Acadian New Orleans than Blackwater mercs shooting their way through the swamp. A squad of mercs, even if it means well, is no different than a militia of thugs from a legal perspective.
Canadian soldiers are foreign, but they can be held accountable in international courts of law for untoward behavior.
Are they trying to test their ideas of kill or be killed?
Are they insane or demented?
What is going on in the White House?