Remember in 1970 the National Guard was not trained. they may have gone to basic training and advanced training, but the unit did minimal training. My cousin who was in the same unit as I was, just 25 years earlier, said he saw his rifle once a year when he "qualified." Everyone was pencil-whipped into a passing grade. Thier idea od roit training was to line up on the parade field with batons and shields and walk across thefield saying back for an hour.
These were guys who showed up at drill and usually spent the rest of the weekend drunk. Even in 1990 only the round out units were held to the same standards of training as the Regular Army. That changed very shortly after that. >I was watching the US vs. Lennon recently and was appalled by a quote >from G. Gordon Liddy. >In reference to the Kent State shooting in the spring of 1970. >Paraphrasing he said something along the lines of > >The National Guard were 19 year old kids in a volatile situation. What >did you expect. > >Wow, I kind of expected trained military personnel to act in a >disciplined manner using no more force than necessary and to only use >deadly force when the situation required such an extreme response. So >if this is the level of expectation from our trained military, what >would be the level of expectation from aa armed Trained? civilian? > > > >Ian Skinner wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
