by Scott Ott
(2005-09-03) -- The United States has temporarily suspended military action in Iraq and Afghanistan because those operations might distract from rescue and security efforts in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
"We're just waiting for the Pentagon to say 'game on'," said one unnamed officer in the 3rd Armored Cavalry, just outside of Tall Afar, Iraq. "The whole chain of command has disintegrated since Katrina hit the gulf coast. My CO [commanding officer] said Rumsfeld hasn't heard from the president in days. For now, we're standing down."
As their tanks sit silently in the desert sun, National Guardsmen near Baghdad chat about the high price of fuel and their fears that they might be sent back to the United States to provide security in New Orleans.
"We're just hoping that the president is so distracted that he forgets we're over here," said one unnamed Guardsman from an Arkansas unit. "I love my country, but I don't want to go to New Orleans. I've got a wife and kids to think about."
Meanwhile, a Pentagon spokesman today announced that the security operation, designed to return New Orleans to its pre-hurricane condition, has been code named 'Operation Restore Debauchery'.
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