Military money is always moved from pot to pot. War always has priority.
And well it should.
On the issue of coastal/flood plain intrusion - I absolutely agree with you on the issue of building cities along the paths of hurricanes. In the case of New Orleans, however, it's been there for hundreds of years. But scant attention has been paid to the levees and overall conditions of the city IMO. Maybe a little more planning for catastrophic events and less planning for Mardis Gras would be in order?
I've no doubt that their focus on the unimportant at the expense of the important cost many lives. However, in the middle of the tragedy I can't help feeling like an armchair quarterback. I probably wouldn't even be doing it if the MSM hadn't already started trying to blame this natural disaster on the President.