Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
It sounds like this general has basically had to short-circuit the governor's authority over the national guard, as a state's governor is normally supposed to be in charge over the guard- not a Pentagon general. How common is this?
From day 1 or 0 or -1 or -2 it had not made sense to have this be a state run operation anyway. Trying to assemble a few Guard troops for command by the Governor in a crisis like this? The numbers aren't even there to do it, even with "perfect" performance. Come on, that's a recipe for disaster, I don't care what state you are talking about. You need someone forward in charge, and yes, I do feel it takes military authority to do this on the ground.