is bush at fault? Options

[*tweeak*]

to begin with, i'd like to point out that I do not support Bush. However, I cannot understand why people are blaming him for Katrina, just because he has troops in Iraq. It seems like a lame excuse to protest the war and find a scapegoat for the hurricane

so, do you think Bush is at fault for part of the Katrina ordeal?

[sadolakced acid]

Justin: It does matter on that..but..how many would there be?

well, when hurricane andrew hit, it was quite like this, and thursday morning they knew by nightfall it would be complete anarchy, every person for them selves, whoever has the biggest gun wins. so that morning they had a press conferece saying "we're going to lose control of the area by nightfall, and there will be many, many more casualties."

in one hour 20000 some (not completely sure about the number, but it was a lot, and i think i twas 20000, just not sure.) troops were already deployed, with equipement, and by night they were serving hot meal dinners.

i mean, sure there are nat. guard troops home, but they're not all close to the disaster area, a lot of equipment like half ton trucks and humvees are in iraq, a lot of troops are on home leave after an iraqi tour, and thus aren't really prepared to be called up.

in fact, i think the only nat. guard that has been sent was guardsmen due to be shipped out to iraq.

[*mipadi*]

i mean, sure there are nat. guard troops home, but they're not all close to the disaster area,  a lot of equipment like half ton trucks and humvees are in iraq, a lot of troops are on home leave after an iraqi tour, and thus aren't really prepared to be called up.

Well, the equipment issue shouldn't be a big problem--National Guard units usually don't have much in the way of equipment anyway, and when they go to Iraq, they don't use their own--they get issued heavy equipment like Humvees and 5-ton trucks. And if they are on leave, they can likely be recalled to duty to cover an emergency such as Katrina without any problem whatsoever.

There is, of course, still the issue that if they have been deployed abroad, then they're not at home to help with such emergencies.