Reply #14: I did! I did!

[thecrow]

and I found this to be quizzical:

However, he told the marines that Iraq's own security forces were being steadily strengthened, with a targeted 150,000 Iraqi police, National Guardsmen and others expected to be on duty by January, up from about 100,000 currently.

Isn't it a weird coincidence that they are calling the Iraqi country protectors the "National Guard"?
Or does it mean the US National guard?
(Is this Smirky's irony that he should have a whole "national Guard under his thumb?)

Or are they using the "National Guard" label as interchangeable?
It's confusing and just plain weird.