VMC SURVEY BOARD

[lentinman]

THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING:

I'm still not hearing any alternative to using the military in a situation of catastrophic event(s). It is easy to trash the military, but the fact is they save our butts - outside the US. However, if necessary, under extreme conditions, they will save our butts INSIDE the US too. It really offends me that people refer to those guys in New Orleans as "stormtroopers" instead of "life savers" because that is what they were doing. Secondarily, they were maintaining order and making sure they protected the well-being of those who were left.

Len