White Knights

With the Left on an all out assault on President Bush for "not doing enough" and with the pitiful performance of both local and state government, it now has been incumbent on the United States Military to bring law and order to New Orleans.

From the Army Times:

“This place is going to look like Little Somalia,” Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive citywide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. “We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control.”

Jones said the military first needs to establish security throughout the city. Military and police officials have said there are several large areas of the city are in a full state of anarchy.

When the New Orleans police refused to fire on looters earlier this week a total breakdown of civil order ensued. Gangs and ruffians, as in all cities, naturally have taken advantage of the weak city government and taken upon themselves to rule where the city will not. Tonight the anarchy will cease.

Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and police helicopters filled the city sky Friday morning. Most had armed soldiers manning the doors.

“I never thought that at a National Guardsman I would be shot at by other Americans,” said Spc. Philip Baccus of the 527th Engineer Battalion. “And I never thought I’d have to carry a rifle when on a hurricane relief mission. This is a disgrace.”

For God, Country and Corps. This is the devil's world and man is inherently corrupt. Let us not fool ourselves.

“We’re here to do whatever they need us to do,” Sgt. 1st Class Ron Dixon, of the Oklahoma National Guard’s 1345th Transportation Company. “We packed to stay as long as it takes.”