Compare and contrast:
Bush Administration incompetence doomed New Orleans. We created this mess by building levies on the Mississippi, destroying the wetlands, cutting canals through the delta, and overbuilding on one of the most vulnerable coasts in the world. We had no plan, we failed to learn from our early mistakes, and we didn’t have enough boots on the ground when it counted. Events that have been building for decades finally caught up with us, and the dynamic of destruction is irreversible. In the short run it will be painful, but the people of New Orleans will need to find their own solutions, and the sooner we pull out, the better.
