Our country has been humiliated by LOOKING like a third world country for all the world to see..
The reason why it took so long to evacuate everyone is because a bunch of thugs decided to loot the city.
It's beginning to look like the "bands of thugs" reports were mostly exaggerated... two days of no drinking water and food, you and I would be breaking into stores to survive.
There's an implicit arrangement between America and its citizens; in times of national tragedy, you act with courage, not malice (like NYC)
Reading off the Reuters site in the last few days I saw stories of unbelievable courage. Thousands of people were abandoned - they didn't ignore the evacuate orders, they couldn't leave - old infirm, hospitalized, people without cars - including vacationers like the Spanish MP and his family. These people are victims. And most are Americans. Our government should have mobilized thousands of army, NG, AR, etc. BEFORE the hurricane - where are those billions of taxpayer dollars going anyway?
I am very angry ... and all I'm hearing from people who were in positions of responsibility are excuses...
Was the response perfect? No. However, I don't think that Europe should be judging us considering the fact that they've never faced a Category 5 hurricane. After all, 10,000+ elderly folks died in France a few years back because they couldn't be bothered to cut their vacations short. Perhaps, France should also be considered a third world country... Or considering France is so perfect in the estimation of you and your DUmmie friends perhaps not.
As for the residents, there's NO excuse for shooting at National Guard rescue planes or raping women, and I can't believe that anyone who purports to be a conservative would dare to excuse that type of behavior.