A Militarized Mentality

Some looters seem to be just after basic supplies, but I don't condone all the criminal looting going on and respect a need to return to order. But is this severe military rhetoric what New Orleans needs right now? How about helping and caring for people? Another low point for us as Americans.

National Guardsmen Pour Into New Orleans - Yahoo! News: "Gov. Kathleen Blanco called the looters 'hoodlums' and issued a warning to lawbreakers: Hundreds of National Guardsmen hardened on the battlefield in Iraq have landed in New Orleans.

'They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded,' she said. 'These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will.'"