We're true citizen soldiers, so when we get the call, we jump up and take care of Texas people, give them whatever they need, and once we're finished, we'll go home.

It encourages the soldiers to build their team and to get out there and find people that they would like to serve with, that they would like to go to war with. It compensates them for their time.

The people don't want soldiers to come in here. They won't accept it.

Some people say this may have saved thousands of lives and many American soldiers. If the Japanese were going to defend their homeland like they did the outlining islands like Okinawa, it would have really been a bloody invasion. No one was looking forward to that.

What people in the field — the soldiers and their immediate officers — haven't really been drilled in is what to do and how to cope in particular situations. They haven't been given clear instructions in how to deter and defeat forces that might attack civilians, and they need to be given clear and robust instructions to do everything that they have in their power to protect civilians.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency,