There have been rumours circulating that Bush has refused help from other countries. Until a few minutes ago, I had no credible confirmation of this. Read this excerpt, then click on link for full article.
11th paragraph down:
"Prime Minister Paul Martin telephoned President George W. Bush to offer Canadian sympathy and support.
"If you need help, just ask and we'll be there," he told Bush today in a 15-minute phone call that was to have been a sharp discussion of the softwood lumber dispute but instead became a call of sympathy and condolence.
Martin said Bush didn't ask for help, but predicted he will.
"They're in the process of trying to put all the co-ordination together and they're going to take us up on it," the prime minister said in Edmonton.
"They're trying to determine their needs right now."
The Canadian military put troops on standby and prepared to load a ship with gear and equipment. The Canadian Red Cross was sending a team of 100 to 200 experienced disaster workers to bolster the American Red Cross staff in the region.
http://tinyurl.com/bcxob
What I find most astonishing is that "they're trying to determine their needs right now" WTF. Ok, maybe it's a coordination problem, but there really out to be much faster response than this. I simply cannot believe what I've been seeing.
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And this is the Governor's statement regarding other security issues:
"They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said of 300 National Guard troops who landed in New Orleans fresh from duty in Iraq. "These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hurricane_ka … BHNlYwN0bQ
These troops know how to shoot and kill and are more than WILLING to do so???????? Didn't we have numerous discussions regarding soldiers being trained to shoot their own citizens?
Merciful jesus!
America? What has happened to America? 