I didn't question the entire fed response, in fact I just praised most of it as massive and amazing. It is the apparent lack of a sufficient military presence to maintain order that I question. But I should add the lack of communication to the masses wandering the area, too.
Of course the mayor and gov have dropped the ball, this is where the Pres steps in. If they weren't grant authority, publicize that, and the refusal would immediately back down. If you don't think people are questioning why there aren't more troops in there, perhaps its town to go down to the grocery store or coffeeshop and listen to the conversations. Until the rescue operations resume full-scale, those questions will increase.
Did you see my post up above? The Mississippi NG are being brought back from Iraq.
Carefully and slowly read that sentence again. Do you understand exactly what you said? You're basically complaining that nobody predicted that a hurricane-ravaged American city could turn into a war zone. I wouldn't have predicted it. Would you have?
Tell you what, though -- I think the disaster responses nationwide are going to be updated to account for this lesson.