With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets people's attention.
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But outbreaks of violence in New Orleans hinted at the potential for wider unrest and further call-ups, which could reveal weaknesses elsewhere in the nation. What do we do if there is a terrorist attack ... We're increasing our risk.
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The real issue here is that you have a policy that is costing us money, hurting readiness and is really not fulfilling any national security objective.
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But on balance I'd say we had a net loss. Unfortunately, these other issues dominated that expose the US to charges of hypocrisy.
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