Subj : Re: Hurricane recovery To : Frank From : Finnigann Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 17:48:00 -=> Frank wrote to Angus McLeod <=- Fr> Re: Hurricane recovery Fr> By: Angus McLeod to Frank on Fri Sep 02 2005 09:40 am > The reason she can get virtually no help with recovering from Hurricane > Katrina, is BECAUSE her government is spending over 200 billion to rebuild > Iraq. And with a huge malitary force deployed over there, there's nobody > left to frag a few looters "pour encourager les autres". Fr> Yes, thats what she was saying. I'm starting to wonder if the Fr> overseas Fr> deployment of our military forces migh be a HUGE contributing Fr> factor. Fr> I think perhaps we have the best of our military equipment overseas Fr> and Fr> old mothballed gear here at home. This would account for the slow Fr> response. The added time getting this old gear out and up to speed Fr> for Fr> use. The aide could have been (should ahve been) put on alert, ready to roll as soon as it was prudent. NOT days later! There was little doubt that the huricane was comming ashore. resources all over the south should ahve been notified to be ready to roll. That's how they did it for Florida. (I just heard Al Sharptons remarks/speach.) .... Due to cutbacks, all clouds will now be lined with zinc. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 .