I wish to echo the frustration many Americans feel; although, those who are most frustrated are still awaiting evacuation. FEMA has turned back Walmart trucks full of water and other emergency aid. Why? I thought they were doing evereything they can to assist the victims? A colleague of mine sent me this message and with his permission I’m posting it.
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Bush has waged an unjust war on Iraq based on lies and fabrications in order to "protect the national security of the United States". Ironically, Bush has diverted resources from fortifying the levees in New Orleans in order to fund this unjust war, and the effect is quite clear. Bush cannot protect the national security from a hurricane because of his misguided priorities.
It is quite interesting that in this video he talks about deploying the marines and National Guard as if he is waging a military campaign against our fellow citizens in New Orleans, who are poor, black and homeless.
It is quite disgusting to hear Bush condemn the looters in New Orleans, who have no homes, no food and are trying to meet their basic survival needs; yet he does not discuss how he will deploy immediate humanitarian and medical relief operations to rescue these people from hunger, disease and death.
The war on New Orleans is the twin image of the war on Iraq. It is a war of the rich, white and powerful against the poor, colored and weak. The New Orleans disaster exposed all the fault lines in the American political scene – the politics of race and class designed to serve the rich, white, neo-conservative (it should be neo-fascist), and the extreme religious right at the expense of everyone else.
The images coming out of New Orleans cannot be distinguished from the images we saw in Baghdad for the past two years, a city under siege, surrounded by military troops, who are protecting private property while not providing the basic necessities of life for its citizen -- food, water, electricity and security. New Orleans has truly become Baghdad's twin city.
New Orleans has brought Baghdad to America, exposing the corrupt and bankrupt policies of the neo-fascist cronies.
An echo from the New York Times: "Falluja Floods the Superdome" (I hope this link works)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rich.html?ex=1126497600&en=f82bd551a873fefe&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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