So everyone will say, “Here it comes… the political mud-slinging”. Well, let me say right up front that the horrific catastrophy of Hurricane Katrina is by no means a political issue. It was a natural event and we only have God to question why and how. That being said, I’m paying special attention to how this government and this administration is chosing to explain how we can be left so unprepared for something like this.

How can we invade countries such as Iraq with such extreme precision and meticulous logistics and yet fail to provide adequate planning and support for our own people at home. Am I being too much of a naysayer? I honestly don’t think so. I consider myself pretty objective when it comes to issues of common sense. Seriously, how did the evacuation result in such rediculous conditions? Every single report and prediction about a hurricane of that magnitude hitting New Orleans estimated equally or greater devastation as an almost certainty. Where is the domestic support?

Well I wasn’t too surprised when I ran across this article at Spiegel. Apparently, “In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.” The second most likely disaster was a terrorist attack on New York City. We already know what George Bush did when he took office upon hearing the intelligence reports of a imminent terrorist attack on US soil - nothing. And so it’s not surprising that again, he did nothing to prepare his country for this disaster.

Am I being too hard on GW? Is it back-seat driving? Well maybe I just expect more from our President. Maybe I expect more from our National leadership. Where are the systems in place to keep Americans safe at home? We are spending so much money to secure and rebuild Iraq that we failed to properly fund our own domestic infrastructure.

Nobody can be held accountable for the arrival of the storm, but they most certainly can be for the manner in which they handle, or fail to handle the aftermath.

Read the full story at “No One Can Say they Didn’t See it Coming” - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News. [ Via Proceed at your own risk ].

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