IN HINDSIGHT. I hope weve learned our lesson. A catastrophe like Yolanda can hit anywhere. The local government can break down and the national government must be able to respond quickly. What if NCR is hit by a disaster this paralyzing? I think we need to have standby forces able to supplement police forces in times of national emergency. It must be part of the contingency plan from the get go. We had to rely on the local government as first responders is no excuse for not being able to mobilize immediately. We need something like the US National Guard. One in Luzon, one in Visayas and one in Mindanao or maybe one in every province. So if disasters happen anywhere in the country we have redundancy. from eHow: The National Guard exists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These units consist of men and women who undergo basic military training and participate in active military duty at least one weekend a month and two weeks every summer. This gives each state trained military units that the president of the United States, in his capacity as commander in chief of the military, can mobilize in times of national emergency. amanpour.blogs.cnn/2013/11/12/typhoon-death-estimates-too-much-president-aquino-of-the-philippines-tells-amanpour/
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