Posted by Nickengland on September 2, 2005, at 11:45:34 [reposted on September 3, 2005, at 8:44:21 | original URL]
In reply to Re: FOREIGN AID » Shortelise, posted by sunny10 on September 2, 2005, at 9:34:00
Hi Sunny
No worries.
I've been following the hurricane news since it happened and words can't explain what must be going through the minds of the people affected by this, the destruction and life lost.
And then theres the people who have lost their homes and not knowing if their loved ones are alive, it is truely shocking to say the least.
What i'm finding disturbing is what has followed with regards to the reports of, rapes, lootings, shootings and carjackings. At a time when people need to come together to help it is very sad to hear that these incidents are occuring.
I've just read a news report where the head of the New Orleans emergency operations described the relief effort as a national disgrace. Even Bush has condemned the initial response to Hurricane Katrina as "not acceptable"
What i'm surprised by is if what already has happened isn't bad enough with the hurricane, now Louisiana's governor said 300 "battle-tested" National Guardsmen were being sent to quell the unrest.
Even quoted that these troops have M-16's locked and loaded ~ with regards to say they know how to kill and will if they have to.
I've quoted statements from the news report I just read and I am truely shocked by it all. The hurricane was bad enough with the destruction. Some might call a hurricane an 'act of god' but what follows with the things i'm now reading, well, that isn't an act of god like a hurricane thats for sure.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4208986.stm
Kind regards
Nick
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