Mark Hickey wrote:
> One of the best articles I've read on the complicated and (obviously)
> misunderstood situation was from (believe it or not) the New York
> Times. They discuss in detail why the US government couldn't
> realistically charge in over the objections of the LA governor, a
> tactic last used in the civil rights era and before that, in the Civil
> War.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/national/nationalspecial/09military.html?ei=5090&en=aa642b8c89c27c01&ex=1283918400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1126238795-dGCl9WlaN8lbkCHBy9hw2w&pagewanted=print
>
> Can you even IMAGINE the uproar had Bush sent military into New
> Orleans over the objection of governor Blanco?
Mark, stop it! You MUST mean he considered the political fallout before
acting then! {Sarcams Mode Activated}
Bill "now you'll probably stop talking to me, too" S.
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