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Its not the operation or the guys on the ground itself that is criticized, it is the leadership.

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What aren't you able to grasp about what the article said? If the response was good which it was then there was NO leadership problem only a phantom one created by the media and liberal/Bush-bashing spin-meisters.

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SOP is not good enough for the worst natural disaster in US history and the grimmest post-disaster situation, when hundred of lives are at stake; we must demand better from all our leadership, and not be satisfied with excuses involving procedures and red tape. Care to respond the actual meat of my previous post instead of avoiding it completely?

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There was NO meat in your Bush-bashing post prior to this one. The article showed that the response was very fast compared to other disasters and gave the analysis of an experienced military officer of the FACT that it JUST TAKES TIME to get resources in place. And as far as recognizing the incompetence of local leaders, that was done in 2-3 days, although you are right if the federal government should just assume a priori that all democrat local officials are more likely to be incompetent.

And BTW, how very funny you say "hundreds of lives at stake" now that it seems clear that the dire predictions of 10,000+ dead was just more media/liberal spin.