Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover : It's All Politics : NPR:
Since General Sam Houston executed his famous retreat to glory to
defeat the superior forces of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Texas
has been ground zero for military training. We have so many military
bases in the Lone Star State we could practically attack Russia.
So
when rookie Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was ordering the Texas
State Guard to monitor a Navy SEAL/Green Beret joint training exercise,
which was taking place in Texas and several other states, everybody here
looked up from their iPhones. What?