Looking back at Katrina: Emboldening our enemies

[BobcatJH]

Let's not forget the international impact of this disaster.

Something else to think about in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is this:

What does the slow federal response to Katrina tell those who wish to do harm to the United States? Further, what does the lack of presidential leadership say to the terrorists who are looking every day for America's vulnerabilities? It tells them we're nowhere near ready to handle such a national catastrophe.

It is my suspicion that the scope of Katrina mirrors that of a dirty bomb detonation or similar weapons of mass destruction attack. If that's the case, if I'm right, what the hell have we done in the four years since September 11, 2001? What have we spent that money on? How have we prepared for an attack? Why are we dragging our feet so badly?

Of course, the exact series of events would be different. But what wouldn't be different would be the communication disruptions, the need for evacuation, for shelter, for supplies, for food and water, for health care. If the Gulf Coast had been devastated by a chemical or biological attack and not Katrina, the area would be in much the same position as it is today, save the flooding. Flooding caused, in no small part, by cuts in funding to the area's preparedness.

The door is wide open; my only hope is that the administration gets its act together before the aid and comfort we're providing the enemy doesn't come in the form of our own drastic shortcomings.

[texpatriot2004]

1. The * Admin. can't prtotect us from a threat that comes with an

advance warning! Pathetic, and bad for international relations.