<$BlogRSDURL$>

Utopian Turtletop. Monsieur Croche's Bête Noire. Contact: turtletop [at] hotmail [dot] com

Saturday, September 03, 2005

WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE COURT MARTIAL TRIAL OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR GROSS DERELICTION OF DUTY?

billmon and a dailyKos diarist have compelling evidence that the delay in aid to New Orleans and surrounding environs has been deliberate.

When Bush praises the people in charge, it certainly feels deliberate. He couldn’t fire them if they were carrying out his orders. If he has any sense at all, they’re fired, pronto.

If unintentional, it was gross dereliction of duty and worthy of court martial. The buck stops at the top. If intentional, it was a pre-meditated crime against humanity.

How many people died because of the delay in aid? As soon as the situation stabilizes, let the investigations begin.

“As soon as the situation stabilizes” may be a great big fantasy right now.

How many hundreds of thousands of unemployment checks will have to be written next month in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama?

Where will people end up? How will destroyed communities be rebuilt? How will surrounding communities absorb the influx of people, temporarily for some and permanently in many cases?

Best case scenario -- things get built or rebuilt. No guarantee that it will happen. Gaza along the Gulf?

Some scenes of aid delivery shown on TV have been temporary stage sets.

And how many dead.
Comments: Post a Comment

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?