On the Today Show this morning, one of the anchors (Al Roker?) said at any given moment there were about 500 guys out fighting those fires at his location in California, and they could use five times that number. But they weren't going to get them

How many guys could we mobilize to help if they weren't all in Iraq, mopping up behind an optional war?

How much fire fighting equipment could be mobilized if it weren't fighting pipeline fires in Iraq?

I'm not sure. But seriously, couldn't the National Guard and the Reserves pour hella resources into this…if they were here?