Saturday, September 03, 2005
Katrina
One thing that the hurricane has taught us? It's that regardless of the petty little wars that man wage, nothing compares to nature's power. That Katrina should reduce the world's super power to a crying state. It's such a sorry sight that even the "almighty" US is reduced to a return to "anarchy". Reports have indicated that Bush had given orders to the National Guard to "shoot to kill" any troublemaker.
For a country which expounds the merits of truth and freedom, it seems all to eager to resort to violence means, even on it's own citizens. Of course, it is in part a result of the chaos that had evnveloped the affected areas.
Inevitably, the estruction and the situation is hauntingly similar to those of the tsunami hit countries last december. One would think that the US would have had better plans in case of such a situation, but the slow respoense served only to draw more flak.
Complacency perhaps, but having only witnessed the tsunami last year and being the target of the 911 attacks, the preparations of the US against Katrina is appaling. Are they telling the world tht they are too preoccupied with the thoughts of Osama, Saddam and Iraq that they have not even remembered that they are still vulnerable to anything other than military attacks or terrorists.
It's not a problem only the US has, but more a common security problem. People try to o hard to prepare against what had already hit, and often, to the extent that of neglecting anything else. In many ways, it's worse to only prepare agianst terrorist attacks than not to prepare at all.
Gavin
pondered @ 21:02
