Leave it to a lefty nematode to make an ass of itself trying to score some absurd political points off the very real suffering of its constituents.
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) -- The rebuilding effort in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas, likely will be hampered because some much-needed equipment is in Iraq, said that stateÂ’s governor. Governor Kathleen Sebelius said much of the National Guard equipment usually positioned around the state to respond to emergencies is gone.
That is not actually its purpose.
She said not having immediate access to things like tents, trucks and semitrailers will really handicap the rebuilding effort.
It is very hard to believe that the Kansas National Guard is so short of these items that it cannot provide the relatively small amounts that would be needed for relief in what is, after all, a very small community.
There are more than 12000 troops in the Kansas Guard and twice that many regular Army troops at Fort Riley alone. Even a tiny percentage of their stores of the specified items should be more than sufficient for this purpose.
The Greensburg administrator estimated that 95 percent of the town of 1500 was destroyed by Friday's tornado. The Kansas National Guard has about 40 percent of the equipment it is allotted because much of it has been sent to Iraq.
Note that AP makes this bald statement on its own authority and absolutely nothing else. Where does it come from? How was this conclusion reached? Where are the figures and sources to support it? What journalism school did this fool attend?
Greensburg residents will be allowed to return Monday morning to recover what they can. They will be bused in and must leave by 6 p-m.
BTW, there are currently no Kansas Guard units in Iraq. |