Subj : Hurricane recovery
To   : Newborn
From : Frank
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 23:09:00

  Re: Hurricane recovery
  By: Newborn to Frank Reid on Tue Sep 06 2005 11:24 pm

 >  > The forward deployment of our military in Iraq, Afghanistan and dozens of
 >  > areas had *nothing* to do with the speed of response to the Katrina disas
 >  > That is *entirely* the result of established, legal processes which we pu
 >  > place in our Constitution for dispatching military troops to take control
 >  > civilian locales.

      > Frank Reed

 > I believe their is a constitutional prohitation against the Federal
 > government using the Army to take over policing duties in the states with
 > the consent of local officials (posse-cominatius statue).  This is one
 > of the reasons the Army could not just take over the police functions
 > within the localities effected by the storm.  The biggest problem in this
 > storm was State-Federal conflicts resulting in time delaying buracricy.
 > An example is that all the people going into the affected areas to volunt
 > to help were subjected to searches under the homeland security act and th
 > weren't enough federal agents to provide those searches.

 > Newborn

   Is that you Newborn?

   You both make very fine points but when this all started it was viewed as
  *A RELIEF EFFORT* The military didn't need to provide a Policing response.
  In the end it just turned out that way which shocked the hell out of us 
  all!

   Our Government has to find efficent ways to adapt. I'm sure government
  guideline stood in the way of the Army from making a response in less than
  48 hrs when the Coast Guard cleard the same hurdles applied to them in 6.
  If the Army is needed to provide huminitarian support they should be 
  released sooner with restrictions that go NO FARTHER THAN RELIEF EFFORTS.

   The initial response to the Hurricane was perceived to be only a relief
  response. To the credit of the folks in some of the affected areas it just 
  turned into the need for a police response which, disaster or no is 
  UNACCEPTABLE!

   In a post 9/11 world it seems we havn't improved much at all in the ole
  homeland. As goverment goes. It's buisness as usual.

   I think honest intelligent political minds can make the needed corrections
  it they truly want to serve the public good. I doubt they will though.


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