I'm sorry, but I thought after 9/11 we were going to fix the problem, and create an office of Homeland security to come in in case of a WMD attack on a major US city. Well, look at New Orleans and Mississippi, that's pretty much what would happen. And.....we've worked 4 years for this?
You'll have to excuse me, we knew since Friday that it was a Cat 5 storm, even if there are less National Guard troops, you can pull them from other states if needed.
The ball has been dropped, and needs to be picked up again.
Bush the Elder had Hurricane Andrew and Bush the Younger has Katrina. Both responses were horrid.