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Originally Posted by Weg Cory
Peaches,
Normally, I would back off, but I am having a hard time understanding how you can't see the screw up on this one. I agree wholeheartedly with Nick. Being from there, it has been well-known what would happen if a hurricane like that hit.
I will give leeway to the other issues that seem obvious to me...you support Iraq, don't you think we should fight for our own?
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We ARE fighting for our own. As I said on other boards, we have more than enough in our active military, guard and reserves to work both here and in Irag. Were we late getting in there? Yes. What broke down? I don't know but I suspect it was a multitude of errors - not just one, probably not just 10 either. And it could be months before we find out.
This is an unprecedented disaster in American history. There was no drill that ever put something this horrible into test circumstances. It's all very easy for us to sit in the comfort of our air conditioned homes and point fingers, but in reality, we don't know what broke down, how, when or where and I'm damned sure I wouldn't have done a better job with such a monstrosity.
People made mistakes. And they will be held accountable for their mistakes. But to act like we would have everything under control or know who should have done what and when is just nothing short of hindsight being 20/20.