>I'm sure she meant that they get activated 3-6 months prior to deployment, not anything to do with a new president. Just takes that long for planning and preparation.
OK, I probably misunderstood this. About my other point... might those not just be routine military exercises?
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
