g3teg97 said:
The hurricane hit early Monday morning and he wasn't there until Thursday. When the twin towers fell, where was Bush? Right there the next day. It didn't take him 3 days. What if Texas got his like this. Bush would be there the next day. People are mad at this and they have every right to be. We're susposed to be the greatest nation in the world and we can even resuce, protect, and help our fellow citizens until it's too late. This is what their arguement is.
My question is: Where was the government the first two days? Where was the government when the inmates were released? Where was the governemt when the women got raped? Where was the government when the people got shot? Oh...I forgot all the troops were sent to Iraq...by Bush. He says that he's going to investigate this?
Your comparing apples to oranges comparing 9/11 to this. 9/11 occured over 10 square blocks, the area was secured and brought under control very quickly. This hurricane destroyed hundreds of square miles of land over 3 states, but what does Bush showing up to look at the mess have to do with anything? If this happened in Texas he'd be there the next day? That's speculation I disagree with. I totally agree that the politicians dropped the ball in preparing for the hurricane, but that preparation starts at the city and state level, not the federal level. It's Louisiana's Governor who dropped the ball primarily. She left the buses to get people out in the event of a major disaster in low lying areas, they got flooded and we're useless. She thought that 4,500 N.G. troops would be sufficient in the event of a major disaster, wrong again. She didn't ask Bush for the help they needed, Bush isn't allowed by law to send N.G. troops into any state without the Governor of that state's request and approval. So to recap: Governors fault first, Mayor second, Federal (Bush and FEMA) third.
Where was the Government the first 2 days? Well, that's the government for ya, it's a huge, beuacratic colossus that can't move on a dime. That's not an excuse, just a fact. I was disgusted myself how long it took to get rescuers, security forces, food and water in there too.
Where was the government when the inmates were released? That was a local decision by the New Orleans PD, the Government has nothing to do with it.
Where was the governemt when the women got raped? Where was the government when the people got shot? Like I said, the lack of preparedness of what could happen if the levey's broke by the Mayor and Governor of Louisiana left the area in chaos after the storm.
In events like this, the Government isn't going to hold your hand....it isn't able to. This was the largest natural disaster in the country's history, how do you prepare for that? There's almost 300 million people in this country. If you think that if your involved in the next disaster, natural or manmade, the government is going to be there the next day with a helicopter to rescue you, food to eat and water to drink, your in for a rude awakening. Your gonna be on your own, fending for yourself. Don't count on the Government to save you.