Alaska's National Guard most poorly staffed

Republicans try painting Sarah Palin's national security credentials in a positive light thanks to her oversight of the Alaska National Guard - but now this claim is falling to rack and ruin (like everything else that comes out of Republicans' cavernous pieholes lately).

It turns out Failin' Palin has done such a wretched job at managing her state's National Guard that it has severe personnel shortages making its aviation units the most poorly staffed out of all 50 states. It's so bad that its top officer said that "missions are at risk" and that it's at "crisis level."

Is making a mess of the National Guard supposed to be Palin's idea of "leadership"?

She can start fixing things by calling National Guard units back home from Bush's war - a disastrous war she continues to support.

(Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/04/national/main4414482.shtml)