"(T)he only lessons of Katrina are that life is dark and death is everywhere, that nature isn't our friend and that Americans, too, can behave like savages under duress, and that all the blessings of liberalism and democracy and capitalism can't protect us from the worst. There's nothing we can do, except give money and pray, and there's no lesson to be learned - except, perhaps, be careful where and how you build your cities."
It's awful, awful. What's disturbing me the most is that the images I see on TV, that those left behind are almost exclusively black and poor(?). Also the public fingerpointing. Shouldn't those in leadership positions be doing something more worthwhile rather than pin blame on others, though I see the current mess as a result of failure of leadership starting from the mayor up to Bush.
And the most puzzling thing is why they are taking so long to respond to this, something they knew was coming, in contrast to the tsunami.
Well, hindsight is easy...Washington Post editoral: Left Behind
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