Protection Lies

For years, Republicans have beat the protection drum into America's consciousness, “we are for a strong defense, we are the party you can depend upon, we will protect America”, on and on......

So much for that. A Congressional report to be released on Wednesday will totally shred those boasts into the false claims they always were.

Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans and did not execute emergency plans or share information that would have saved lives, according to a blistering report by House investigators.

A draft of the report, to be released publicly Wednesday, includes 90 findings of failures at all levels of government....The 600-plus-page report lays primary fault with the passive reaction and misjudgments of top Bush aides, singling out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Operations Center and the White House Homeland Security Council....Regarding Bush, the report found that "earlier presidential involvement could have speeded the response" because he alone could have cut through all bureaucratic resistance.

Americans dying, untold damage and despair? Not to worry, I'll get after it once I clear out a little more brush.
Posted on The Human Stain