Indeed. This is, as so many things are, all Bush's fault!
If only Kerry been president this wouldn't have happened. He had a plan, a secret plan that he would have explained after the election.
On a more serious note... things change. Nature tend to do that. Only humans have the idiotic notion that we can keep everything exactly as it is. Ever wonder why the indians never built villages on cliffs over looking the ocean? Because even they were smart enough to know how the cliff got there in the first place.... A chunk fell off.