(24 December 2013, 11:59)Tartar Horde Wrote: I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.
One of the characteristics of our separated levels of government over here is that the Federal Government normally does not enter a situation until asked by the local government.
President Bush called the State and got a "No thanks".
In the Katrina situation it was the local bureaucrats that dropped the ball, both during the event and afterward.
New Orleans is one of the most corrupt cities in our nation and they have spent far more time on how to divert money into their own bank accounts than they have on disaster planning. It they called in the FED someone might ask an embarrassing question. Which is finally what happened.
No one asked for the help, due to incompetence or lack of realization of how extensive the problem actually was. Then they condemned the Federal government for not sending help.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...n/1845617/
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