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March 01, 2006
Who Would Have Thought
So, we now have a video of the president being directly told that the levees might well be breached:
In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.Bush didn’t ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: “We are fully prepared.”
Contrast it to this::
On the September 1 broadcast of ABC's Good Morning America, President Bush acted as though the breach of the levees was an unforeseeable fluke occurrence: "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees."
Really, now. Who would have thought Saddam didn't have WMD? Who would have thought the Iraqis might not want to be occupied by an arrogant, incompetent foreign army that seems to give little importance to their lives and treasure? Who would have thought turning over Medicare perscription drug benefit into a gift for large pharmaceuticals might be expensive and troublesome? Who would have thought giving tax breaks to gas guzzling might not be the best strategy?
Who would have thought? Who thinks these thoughts? Must be those crazy critics who want to make Bin Ladin president instead of Dick Cheney.
Posted by zeynep at March 1, 2006 09:10 PM