James S. Robbins at National Review Online has an interesting piece discussin the idea that not enough troops were available--National Guard or Federal Troops--to effectively respond to the aftermath of Katrina. Here is the article. Since he has not listed his sources for his statistics, I have an email into him asking him for them (Tom, any idea where these might be?). Of course, if true, his article makes our points here about the terrible response to the disaster all the more credible--if 74.2 percent of the US Military is currently within the US, and only a small fraction of NG units from the Gulf Coast area are deployed overseas, why is the response taking so long?
I will update this if/when I hear from Robbins (or if Tom or anyone else sends on those sources).
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From Robbins's perspective the government's response has been remarkable....(his words not mine)????? Are you kidding me???? Only today has the guard showed up in New Orleans in force. If Douglass Brinkley could have driven out of New Orleans (which he did) in the immediate aftermath of the storm and CNN can get people into New Orleans why on Earth has the response been so slow????? That the levees and dams failed is a national disgrace. Everyone knew that New Orleans was vulnerable...the dams should have been the best in the world and they weren't. This never should have happended and knowing that it could...the guard should have been ready. As James Waite said...the sky over New Orleans should have been dark with army helicopters three days ago.
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