Did you know the Pentagon has been coordinating

[DoYouEverWonder]

the disaster response since Wednesday? On Wednesday it was reported in the press the the Pentagon had taken over the coordination of the rescue efforts. Now you see why things are such a mess. HS and FEMA failed and then Rummie had an excuse to take control.

Now what we are seeing instead of a rescue operation is a military operation and there is a big difference between the two.

The DOD needs to return control to either FEMA or some other civilian agency as soon as possible. This is a very dangerous arrangement and it needs to be corrected now. The storm is past, people are starting to be sheltered, the dead are dead, now let's start to get back to some sort of normal.

August 31, 2005

WASHINGTON - An additional 10,000 National Guard troops from across the country began pouring into the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, adding new soldiers and airmen to shore up security, rescue and relief operations in the region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

The new units brought the number of troops dedicated to the effort to more than 28,000, in what may be the largest military response to a natural disaster.

Fully one-third of the 21,000 National Guard troops descending on the Gulf Coast from across the country will be used for security, to prevent looting, enforce curfews and enhance local law and order, said Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, commander of National Guard forces.

In a massive response that was still unfolding Wednesday, the
Pentagon was sending a broad contingent of ships, aircraft, trucks, medical support and other personnel to support federal agencies already providing aid to the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/katrina_pentagon;_ylt=AiZ6CRMFHt.1SAh4eLdQ9vOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Sorry the link doesn't work. But here the DU Thread from that day:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1741738

[wli]

1. the sheltering going on is not what it appears to be

I'll follow up a second time shortly.

[wli]

2. They're being put into toxic waste dumps or similar.

This post has an eyewitness account.

[Lindsay]

3. Yeah, that massive response is still unfolding

on Saturday, too.

How many people have died in the meantime?

Idiots.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Rummie is heading for LA tommorrow?

Rummie has been quietly running the show since Wednesday. This colosal failure of a response is his fault. The blood of the people of NO is on his hands.

[applegrove]

5. On Wednesday the Petangon pions went out and cried "why are you

siding witht he victims..we are under stress too". They actually did that. A Pity Play.