Rep. Hunter Optimistic About Fires
Oct 24th 2007ScottPolitics & U.S. Military & Wyoming & conservatism & elections & patriotism & worthwhile reads
In a recent appearance with FOX News’ Niel Cavuto, presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) displayed incredible optimism about the fire situation Khal-lee-for-nee-uh.
Well, you know, Neil, actually I think we’re — we’re doing a very effective job right now, federal, state and local.
I’m concentrating right now on these MAF aircraft, these firefighting C-130s that the National Guard is sending in from Colorado and from Wyoming and North Carolina that should be getting here today to help us stop some of these out-of-control fires.
But — but, listen, I don’t — I don’t look at San Diegans as victims. We’re tough. The middle name in the trademark for San Diegans is ‘Character’. We’re going to bounce back from this. We’re going to rebuild.
And, you know, these are the shores from which American Marines and sailors go forth to fight for freedom all over the world. We’re used to sacrifices. We’re used to burdens. We’re going to get through this fire. […]
You know, they have got to have some creative writers to somehow link these — these natural disasters with — with troops in Iraq, because, first, we have got thousands of Marines who are available right now at Camp Pendleton.
And you get a 60-mile-an-hour wind, and a lot of brittle sagebrush in front of you, and this — this what you might call a perfect storm of wind patterns, and a lot of — a lot of heat, and you get these fires moving at an incredible speed across the California sagebrush, you could put the entire U.S. Army in front of them, and you can’t stop them. You can mitigate them. You can try to block them at the pass, and you can try to neutralize them and back them down as the conditions improve.
But this has nothing to do with the disbursement of American troops around the world. In fact, at this place, in San Diego, we have got access to more troops, more helicopters, more military equipment than probably anyplace else in the country.
Unfortunately, we got a lot of desert, and we have got hot winds coming off that desert, and we have got — we have got real drought conditions that are contributing to this fire.
But, once again, San Diegans are going to come back, and we’re going to rebuild, and we’re going to be better than ever.
Read the transcript here.
He’d make a great President…
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