Despite the President’s assertion, no "crack U.S. Army personnel" arrived in Buna. It seemed that a Presidential order had been issued, but the Army deployment had been indefinitely delayed due to staffing and budget problems. These "staffing and budget problems" were certainly likely enough—they were chronic in the military—but the deeper problems were, of course, political. The U.S. Army as an institution was very mulish about being ordered into potential combat against American civilians. The U.S. Army hadn’t been involved in the gruesome and covert helicopter shoot-out on the banks of the Sabine River. The Army wasn’t anxious to take the political heat for trigger-happy spooks from the NSC.