What's with this:

[spindrifter]

National Guard ordered to New Orleans

By CAIN BURDEAU
Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Acting at the mayor's request, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops and state police to patrol the streets of New Orleans after a bloody weekend in which six people were killed.

"The situation is urgent," Blanco said. "Things like this should never happen, and I am going to do all I can to stop it."

One hundred National Guardsmen with law enforcement experience and 60 state police officers were to be sent to the city Tuesday. Up to 200 more troops would be deployed after that, said Denise Bottcher, the governor's spokeswoman.

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Nagin said he would not allow criminals to take over when the city is still trying to recover from the hurricane. The mayor said troops should be posted in heavily flooded neighborhoods to free police to concentrate on hot spots elsewhere.
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So we call in the N.G. any time there has been a multiple-victim shooting?

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Unfortunately, when you don't have much of a police force

left then there may not be much more for alternatives.

Nagin can't risk letting the situtation get any worse, so I think he's going a bit overboard in the other direction.

[Rosco T.]

2. Better the National Guard that Blackwater..

[spindrifter]

3. They can't afford BlackH2o