Quote:
|
Originally Posted by spanky part 2
I agree with you that everyone failed with this, there was no true leader like Guilani with this tragedy.
You are forgetting a couple of HUGE differences in the two.
1. our national guard wasn't halfway across the world, when they should be here.
2.We were supposed to be prepared for this now.
Did you know that Walmart sent truckloads of water the next day, but FEMA turned them away. The president appointed these people to their positions. FEMA, homeland security. They weren't voted on, they were his choices, and very bad ones. Who should we blame for that?
|
1. I will agree our National Guard is stretch but it is a 1/2 truth. The forces in NO were in the USA. Again, I agree the large portion of our fighting foreces are in a foreign land (another larger issue we can discuss in elsewhere). The fact remains the troops were available for the Governor to call.
2. The fingers of blame would take 10 hands, if we choose to go this route. My point from the very start of this dialog, was that you can not blame one man for this entire fiasco.
Yes, I did see that FEMA turned away these trucks. This issue alone should be reason enough to come down hard on FEMA. {This is not a slam on the drivers of the trucks} Why didn't one of these drivers say "Fuck you! People are dying I am bringing this in". This is a clear example of how far the PEOPLE of this country have allowed the Federal Govt to control their lives and their nature. Do you think the drive of that truck wanted to turn around? I doubt it. From the driver's point of view, if he disobeyed, he would be destroyed... Jail, fines, or even killed.
Our entire government is composed of humans. Unfortunately we live in a society with people who are too afraid to make a decision. Why does a General from Army have to land and start barking orders for people to fall in line? I believe because people have been conditioned, to give up their normal thought process and hand it to others.
This alone speaks to the larger issue this entire country has fallen into and that is people are too scared to make a decision. This has not happened overnight... it has developed over a period of time. When you have a large segment of society that is too gun shy to make a move, things like this happen.