That's right.
They were warned that an attack was coming, and they failed (or refused) to stop it.
3000 Americans dead.They were warned that a war in Iraq would not make us safer at home (and unable to help in the even of a catastrophe here), and that the intelligence they concocted to make their case was wrong, and that it would be very costly in lives and dollars and damage:
2000 Americans Dead In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the research not be undertaken.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/31/disaster_preparation/index_np.htmlAmericans who survived the storm, died waiting for the Awareness, Prevention, Protection, Response, Recovery, Service and Organizational Excellence the Department of Homeland "security" and pResident Bush* promised them in their Strategic "plan"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4733029&mesg_id=4733029Maybe 10,000 Americans dead. Maybe more. Cities and ecosystems destroyed in three states. Millions of Americans lives destroyed.
It just keeps getting worse.