Let's all agree - it's a waste of time to point fingers while looking in the rear view mirror, especially with an uncertain future on the road ahead.
The administration ... was still struggling to respond to intense national and international criticism over its lacklustre response to the disaster.
Remember, the critics and those state and local malcontents can only hide behind the MSM for a short time before their media friends turn on them and tear them to pieces for their own ineptness.
THE United States has asked the European Union and NATO for emergency assistance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina as salvage efforts in New Orleans and other cities begin to move from rescuing the living to recovering the dead.
This is not the first time this nation has had to seek foreign assistance in the face of a major crisis, although this one is unique among them.
The US requests for blankets, first-aid kits, water trucks and food underlined the continuing struggle by the world's richest nation to cope with the biggest natural disaster in its history. ...
The European response geared up rapidly yesterday. Both the European Commission and NATO, the 26-member military alliance, said they were co-ordinating European aid efforts after US requests to help the "humanitarian crisis" in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
The Defence Secretary, John Reid, promised as many daily flights as necessary to deliver the British rations. "No-one could help but be moved by the pictures of devastation to New Orleans and the surrounding areas and the plight of those affected," he said.
The German defence ministry was already sending its second Airbus loaded with 15 tons of rations, while Italy was sending a C-130 military cargo plane packed with blankets, bed supplies, dinghies, water purifiers and first-aid kits - enough for about 15,000 people. Belgium and Spain sent teams of experts to assess needs on the ground.
A string of other countries offered help. Pope Benedict asked the Vatican's central charity organisation, Cor Unum, to co-ordinate Roman Catholic aid. Kuwait offered $500 million in oil products, impoverished Afghanistan pledged $100,000 and Iran offered to send supplies through the Red Crescent organisation.
Anyone see the Saudis or the Frogs in there? Aren't the French the primary ancestral bloodline for New Orleans? I'm sure they'll come along, they're such strong allies you know!
Thanks and blessings to all who have offered assistance to the people of the United States, some whose own economies are not in the greatest of shapes.
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