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04/09/05
– Etats-Unis -
Chaos à la tête de l'Empire - Chaos in the head of the Empire...
FEMA
Director Singled Out by Response Critics
WaPo 06/09/05
"Michael D. Brown has been called the accidental director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, caricatured as the failed
head of an Arabian horse sporting group who was plucked from
obscurity to become President Bush's point man for the worst
natural disaster in U.S. history..."
Chaotic
Week Leaves Bush Team on Defensive
NYT 05/09/05
"..."This is a storm of enormous magnitude," Mr.
Bush told relief workers at the disaster operations center of the
Red Cross here on Sunday morning. He was referring to Hurricane
Katrina, of course..."
Yet
Another Gulf War
Newsweek 05/09/05
"...Buffeted by Iraq, gas prices and the fury over his
response to Katrina, Bush faces a new storm of his own..."
After
Failures, Government Officials Play Blame Game
NYT 05/09/05
"As the Bush administration tried to show a more forceful
effort to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, government
officials on Sunday escalated their criticism and sniping over who
was to blame for the problems plaguing the initial response..."
Receding
floodwaters expose the dark side of America - but will anything
change?
Guardian 05/09/05
"...That belief had already taken a few blows. The
vulnerability exposed on 9/11 was one. The struggle in Iraq -
where America has become a Gulliver, tied down - was another. But
now the giant has been hit again, its weak spot exposed. When
corpses float in the streets for five days, the indispensable
nation looks like a society that cannot take care of its own. When
Sri Lanka offers to send emergency aid, the humiliation is
complete..."
Why
FEMA Was Missing in Action
LATimes 05/09/05
"Most of the agency's preparedness budget and focus are
related to terrorism, not disasters..."
For
Bush, Next Moves Are Key to Rest of Term
WaPo 05/09/05
"The first week of September 2005 likely will be remembered as one of
the most troubled weeks of George W. Bush's presidency, a time in which
natural disaster combined with bureaucratic bungling in ways that
threatened to inundate an administration already on the defensive..."
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Storm
Exposed Disarray at the Top
WaPo 04/09/05
"...Despite four years and tens of billions of dollars spent
preparing for the worst, the federal government was not ready when it came
at daybreak on Monday, according to interviews with more than a dozen
current and former senior officials and outside experts..."
White
House Enacts a Plan to Ease Political Damage
NYT 04/09/05
"Under the command of President Bush's two senior political advisers,
the White House rolled out a plan this weekend to contain the political
damage from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina..."
Looting
There, Looting Here
Fallujah There, New Orleans Here
Juan Cole 04/09/05
"...Conclusion: Bush cares deeply about the property of rich white
people."
What
Happens to a Race Deferred
NYT 04/09/05
"THE white people got out. Most of them, anyway. If television and
newspaper images can be deemed a statistical sample, it was mostly black
people who were left behind. Poor black people, growing more hungry, sick
and frightened by the hour as faraway officials counseled patience and
warned that rescues take time..."
THE
WHITE HOUSE UNDER WATER
The New Yorker 04/09/05
"...Over five days last week, from the onset of the hurricane on the
Gulf Coast on Monday morning to his belated visit to the region on Friday,
Bush’s mettle was tested—and he failed in almost every
respect..."
An
Angry 'Times-Picayune' Calls for Firing of FEMA Chief and
Others in Open Letter to President On Sunday
E&P 04/09/05
"The Times-Picayune of New Orleans on Sunday published
its third print edition since the hurricane disaster struck,
chronicling the arrival, finally, of some relief but also
taking President Bush to task for his handling of the crisis,
and calling for the firing of FEMA director Michael Brown and
others.
In an "open letter" to the president, published on
page 15 of the 16-page edition, the paper said it still had
grounds for "skepticism" that he would follow
through on saving the city and its residents. It pointed out
that while the government could not get supplies to the city
numerous TV reporters, singer Harry Connick and Times-Picayune
staffers managed to find a way in.
It also cited "bald-faced" lies by Michael Brown.
"Those who should have been deploying troops were singing
a sad song about how our city was impossible to reach,"
the staffers pointed out. "We’re angry, Mr. President,
and we’ll be angry long after our beloved city and
surrounding parishes have been pumped dry."
Here is the text..."
An
open letter to the President
Times-Picayune 04/09/05
"...Despite the city’s multiple points of entry, our
nation’s bureaucrats spent days after last week’s
hurricane wringing their hands, lamenting the fact that they
could neither rescue the city’s stranded victims nor bring
them food, water and medical supplies..."
The
Bursting Point
NYT 04/09/05
"On Sept. 11, Rudy Giuliani took control. The government
response was quick and decisive. The rich and poor suffered
alike. Americans had been hit, but felt united and strong.
Public confidence in institutions surged. Last week in New
Orleans, by contrast, nobody took control. Authority was
diffuse and action was ineffective. The rich escaped while the
poor were abandoned. Leaders spun while looters rampaged.
Partisans squabbled while the nation was ashamed..."
As
White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political
Crisis
NYT 04/09/05
"Faced with one of the worst political crises of his
administration, President Bush abruptly overhauled his
September schedule on Saturday as the White House scrambled to
gain control of a situation that Republicans said threatened
to undermine Mr. Bush's second-term agenda and the party's
long-term ambitions..."
Law
Officers, Overwhelmed, Are Quitting the Force
NYT 04/09/05
"Reeling from the chaos of this overwhelmed city, at
least 200 New Orleans police officers have walked away from
their jobs and two have committed suicide, police officials
said on Saturday..."
New
Orleans crisis shames US
BBC 04/09/05
"...The only difference between the chaos of New Orleans
and a Third World disaster operation, he said, was that a
foreign dictator would have responded better..."
Many
Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting - White House
Shifts Blame to State and Local Officials
WaPo 04/09/05
"Tens of thousands of people spent a fifth day awaiting
evacuation from this ruined city, as Bush administration
officials blamed state and local authorities for what leaders
at all levels have called a failure of the country's emergency
management..."
Warnings
went ignored as Bush slashed flood defence budget to pay for
wars
Independant 04/09/045
"Vital measures to protect New Orleans from "catastrophic"
hurricane damage were scrapped by the Bush administration to
pay for its wars on terror and in Iraq, despite official
warnings of impending disaster..."
Why
is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
American Red Cross FAQ
"Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard
and local authorities and while we are in constant contact
with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their
orders..."
Homeland
Security won't let Red Cross deliver food
Post gazette 03/09/05
"As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans
convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said
that federal emergency management authorities would not allow
them to do the same..."
BEHIND
THE CURTAIN
The Washington Monthly 03/09/05
"...I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had
water-tanker aircraft available to help douse the fires raging
on our riverfront, but FEMA has yet to accept the aid. When
Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant numbers of
victims — far more efficiently than buses — FEMA again
dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment
and other desperately needed items continue to flow in, only
to be ignored by the agency..."
Bush
visit halts food delivery
Times-Picayune 03/09/05
"Three tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees
in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent
City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was
halted because of President Bush’s visit to New Orleans,
officials said..."
Katrina's
Assault on Washington
NYT 03/09/05
"...There are dozens of questions Americans will demand
to have answered once this emergency has passed. If the
Homeland Security Department was so ill prepared for a natural
disaster that everyone knew was coming, how is it equipped to
handle other kinds of crises? Has the war in Iraq drained the
nation of resources that it needs for things like flood
prevention? Is the National Guard ready to handle a disaster
that might be even worse, like a biological or nuclear attack?..."
Katrina
Deployments Add to Military Strain
AP 03/09/05
"...Senior military officers said Saturday they have
plenty of troops to handle their wide range of missions at
home and abroad, and they discounted suggestions that the
urgent deployment of soldiers and Marines to the Gulf Coast
would interfere with the rotation of combat troops in and out
of Iraq and Afghanistan..."
Ex-officials
say weakened FEMA botched response
Chicago Tribune 03/09/05
"Government disaster officials had an action plan if a
major hurricane hit New Orleans. They simply didn't execute it
when Hurricane Katrina struck..."
Brown
pushed from last job: Horse group: FEMA chief had to be `asked
to resign'
Boston Herald 03/09/05
"The
federal official in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue
was fired from his last private-sector job overseeing horse
shows..."
Daley
'shocked' as feds reject aid
Sun Times 03/09/05
"A visibly angry Mayor Daley said the city had offered
emergency, medical and technical help to the federal
government as early as Sunday to assist people in the areas
stricken by Hurricane Katrina, but as of Friday, the only
things the feds said they wanted was a single tank
truck..."
Bush
Tries for Damage Control at a Critical Point
LATimes 03/09/05
"...During four days of chaos in New Orleans, Bush and
his aides had issued upbeat statements that help was on the
way. But in the face of televised images of horrifying anarchy,
some senior Republicans warned the White House that it needed
to change its tone..."
Storm
brews around Bush leadership
New Zealand Herald 03/09/05
"President George W. Bush is facing not only the fallout
of Hurricane Katrina but also an intense political storm as
relief experts, government officials and newspaper editorials
criticise everything from disaster preparedness policies to
his public entry into the growing crisis on the Gulf Coast..."
The
U.S. Needs to Start Over - Failing at War, Peace and Dignity
Counterpunch 03/09/05
"...The George W. Bush administration focused all of its
resources on war and the Department of Homeland Security, yet
when a major American city was attacked, albeit by the forces
of nature, the government failed to respond leaving at least
hundreds, probably thousands, to die, others to suffer in
illness and injury, and many more thirsty and hungry. No
security in the homeland: a failed state..."
The
Two Americas
truthout 03/09/05
"Last September, a Category 5 hurricane battered the
small island of Cuba with 160-mile-per-hour winds. More than
1.5 million Cubans were evacuated to higher ground ahead of
the storm. Although the hurricane destroyed 20,000 houses, no
one died..."
Guardsmen
'played cards' amid New Orleans chaos: police official
AFP 03/09/05
"A top New Orleans police officer said that National
Guard troops sat around playing cards while people died in the
stricken city after Hurricane Katrina..."
Unnatural
Disaster
In These Times 02/09/05
"...It is a disaster that is largely the consequence of
the policy decisions that the White House has made over the
past five years..."
A
Can't-Do Government
NYT 02/09/05
"Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency
listed the three most likely catastrophic disasters facing
America: a terrorist attack on New York, a major earthquake in
San Francisco and a hurricane strike on New Orleans. "The
New Orleans hurricane scenario," The Houston Chronicle
wrote in December 2001, "may be the deadliest of
all." It described a potential catastrophe very much like
the one now happening. So why were New Orleans and the nation
so unprepared? ..."
Furious
mayor shouts for stricken New Orleans
Times 02/09/05
"..."Come on, man. You know, I’m not one of those
drug addicts. I am thinking very clearly. And I don’t know
whose problem it is. I don’t know whether it’s the
governor’s problem. I don’t know whether it’s the
President’s problem, but somebody need to get their ass on a
plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right
now."..."
Fêlure
Liberation 02/09/05
"...Une métropole moderne qui sombre sous les eaux et
dans l'anarchie, c'est un spectacle bien cruel pour un
champion absolu de la sécurité comme Bush, d'ailleurs
quelque peu dépassé par les événements. Bien au sec dans
son djebel, Ben Laden doit être mort de rire : les hélicoptères
de la sécurité civile américaine se font canarder sur les
bords du Mississippi ! Il faudra longtemps pour pomper l'eau
et éponger les milliards de dollars de dégâts, directs ou
indirects, laissés par Katrina. Il en faudra encore plus pour
effacer la fêlure qui est apparue sur le visage de l'Amérique."
World
stunned as U.S. struggles with Katrina
Reuters 02/09/05
"The world has watched amazed as the planet's only
superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep
divisions in American society..."
The
big disconnect on New Orleans
CNN 02/09/05
"Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged
Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in
contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the
streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city
was more visible..."
Storm
disaster fuels doubts over US terror plans
Reuters 02/09/05
"Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans -- and
the delay helping stranded people get out or even get water
and food -- is raising doubts that U.S. cities may be
ill-prepared to cope with a potentially worse disaster: a
major attack..."
Barbara
Lee Blames War for Slow Response to Katrina
truthout 02/09/05
"In a statement issued Friday September 2nd,
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) lambasted the
Administration's slow response and lack of action to help the
Gulf Coast communities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina..."
Bush
takes heat on global warming
IHT 02/09/05
"As politicians and commentators around the world took in
pictures of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, many
seized the opportunity to blame the fierce storm, at least in
part, on the Bush administration's environmental policy..."
Shame
of a nation
NY Daily News 02/09/05
"...It is absolutely outrageous that the United States of
America could not send help to tens of thousands of forlorn,
frightened, sick and hungry human beings at least 24 hours
before it did, arguably longer than that. Who is specifically
at fault for what is nothing less than a national scandal will
be a matter for the postmortems..."
Planning,
Response Are Faulted
WaPo 02/09/05
"Tens of thousands of people remain stranded on the
streets of New Orleans in desperate conditions because
officials failed to plan for a serious levee breach and the
federal response to Hurricane Katrina was slow, according to
disaster experts and Louisiana government officials..."
Ending
the Impunity of the Bush White House
truthout 02/09/05
"The man in the Oval Office is fond of condemning "killers."
But his administration continues to kill with impunity..."
A
warning sent but left unheeded
LATimes 02/09/05
"...In fact, the tragedy that this week destroyed a
vibrant metropolitan area that was home to 1.4 million people
and the city proper that was a national cultural treasure was
not simply imagined but foreseen with a prescience that now
seems eerily precise..."
Katrina
Exposes the "Third World" at Home
IPS 02/09/05
"As thousands of people in New Orleans approach their
fifth day without food, water or shelter, the news media and,
doubtless, millions of ordinary citizens are wondering how
state and particularly federal authorities could have been so
slow to respond to one of the worst natural disasters in U.S.
history..."
Troops
begin combat operations in New Orleans
Army Times 02/09/05
"...“This place is going to look like Little Somalia,”
Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National
Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds
of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive
citywide security mission from a staging area outside the
Louisiana Superdome. “We’re going to go out and take this
city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city
under control.”..."
Feds
Ignored Catastrophe Predictions, Diverted Funds
NewStandard 01/09/05
"The Bush administration spent the last four years moving
funds from natural disaster prevention and relief to
militaristic priorities like the Iraq war – a move that may
be responsible for death and suffering along the Gulf Coast..."
Let
Katrina Be a Warning
Business Week 01/09/05
"It is a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions
for America. But the irony and the tragedy of the killer storm
called Katrina is that the hurricane's devastating effects
were entirely predictable -- and largely preventable. ...
Department
of Homeland Screw-Up - What
is the Bush administration doing?
Slate 01/09/05
"The Bush administration has been staggeringly
ineffectual in its response to the rapidly deteriorating
situation in New Orleans. Its failures are painful evidence of
how far we have to go in developing the capability to respond
rapidly to a mass-casualty disaster..."
U.S.
won't relocate soldiers for Katrina
AP 01/09/05
"National Guard troops from Louisiana and other Gulf
states will not be pulled out of Iraq ahead of schedule
despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the U.S.
command said Thursday..."
Politicians
Failed Storm Victims
AP 01/09/05
"At every turn, political leaders failed Katrina's
victims. They didn't strengthen the levees. They ceded the
streets to marauding looters. They left dead bodies to rot or
bloat. Thousands suffered or died for lack of water, food and
hope. Who's at fault?..."
Waiting
for a Leader
NYT 01/09/05
"George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his
life yesterday, especially given the level of national
distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In
what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the
president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then
read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day
celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators
and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised
the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash,
grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the
end..."
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