Saturday, January 08, 2005

3 Dead from Houma, LA

I believe it was during World War II when the military decided to create units from soldiers from around the country. This created a situation where if a unit got wiped out, dozens of people from the same town would not get killed. But with the call up of National Guard units who serve together, this strategy has begun to disappear. Thus with the roadside bomb that killed 7 soldiers a couple of days happened to hit a National Guard unit. 3 residents of the small town of Houma, LA were killed. The others are from other Louisiana towns. Another roadside bomb killed 3 members of an Arkansas National Guard unit. If such localized centers of death continue, will it change the opinion in these small towns of the war? Or will they come together to rally behind the war and Bush?