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In an astonishing peice of groundbreaking news, it appears as though the US governement failed in the reaction and action relating to all things Katrina.

All levels of the US government, from President Bush down, were at fault for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina, a leaked Congressional report says.

From BBC News: US government ‘failed’ on Katrina

Does this come as a surprise to anyone at all?

Mr Brown argued that the response to Hurricane Katrina would have been more effective if a terrorist had blown up one of the levees.

Thats right, remember how more money is being spent on the War on Terror than it is on the safety of US citizens at home? How money that was set aside to improve the levees was instead used to fund the war in Iraq?

“The investigators said they ‘are left scratching our heads at the range of clumsiness and ineptitude that characterised government behaviour before and after this storm.’” Most of the rest of the world has been left scratching their heads ever since Bush was re-elected for a 2nd term.

I’m glad that this report has been leaked, it means it cannot be censored or covered-up. The US government should be held accountable for their actions, I just hope that they can learn from their mistakes.

Politics seems to get in the way of even the most basic of human desires: survival.