"Apocalypse Now" "Anarchy in the USA", World Stunned as U.S. Struggles

[G_j]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0902-04.htm

Published on Friday, September 2, 2005 by Reuters

World Stunned as U.S. Struggles with Katrina

by Andrew Gray

LONDON - 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.

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But many have also been shocked by the images of disorder beamed around the world -- looters roaming the debris-strewn streets and thousands of people gathered in New Orleans waiting -- as the authorities fail to provide food, water and other aid.

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Many newspapers highlighted criticism of local and state authorities and of President Bush. Some compared the sputtering relief effort with the massive amounts of money and resources poured into the war in Iraq.

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"Commentators noted the victims of the hurricane were overwhelmingly African Americans, too poor to flee the region as the hurricane loomed unlike some of their white neighbors.
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Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, in a veiled criticism of U.S. political thought, said the disaster showed the need for a strong state that could help poor people.

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[jpgray]

1. Sorry, but helping all people survive regardless of class is socialism

:sarcasm:

[H2O Man]

2. Thanks for posting this.

It staggers the imagination that we can have an administration which betrays the most vulnerable of all human beings. The UN should send help.

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3. Apocalypse NO(W)

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4. I hope the world writes about what they see -- how they see us.

I've tried so hard to get through to my right-wing relatives and have not succeeded. They believe that going to their right-wing private Christian schools makes them better than everybody else. And they look down at people like the people in New Orleans. The world should learn from these videos that this country has demonized poor people, just as they have demonized others in foreign countries.