{"id":8305,"date":"2009-02-28T08:12:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=8305"},"modified":"2009-02-28T08:12:53","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T13:12:53","slug":"us-troops-to-pullout-residents-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=8305","title":{"rendered":"US troops to pullout; residents worried"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, US troops are finally being pulled out of New Orleans and the residents of that city are worried that they’ll be left unprotected. First the screen capture;
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\nNow the story;<\/p>\n

The last of the troops were removed in January 2006 as civil authority returned, but then, after a surge in bloodshed, 360 were sent back in beginning in mid-2006 to help police keep order. As of February, only about 100 troops were left in the city.<\/p>\n

With Louisiana facing a $341 million budget deficit, state lawmakers were reluctant to keep the Guard in place any longer.<\/p>\n

The Guard was used to patrol the less populated sections of the city where Katrina’s floodwaters left most houses uninhabitable. That included the woeful Ninth Ward, where renovated houses are outnumbered by moldy, boarded-up wrecks and weed-choked vacant lots.<\/p>\n

In their camouflage uniforms and Humvees, the troops were often a welcome sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now you know how the majority of the Iraqis and Afghans feel. Wherever our troops go, they leave goodwill and a sense of security in their wake. Even in third world countries like New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apparently, US troops are finally being pulled out of New Orleans and the residents of that city are worried that they’ll be left unprotected. First the screen capture; Now the story; The last of the troops were removed in January 2006 as civil authority returned, but then, after a surge in bloodshed, 360 were sent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society","category-support-the-troops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-29X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}