There was a lot of warning on Katrina (hmm, like 9/11!) but the Bush crew ignored it. BTW: the dikes along the 9th Ward were long known to be inadequate, but Congress never gave the Corps the money for improvements.
While Obama didn’t get in the way with a photo op, he’s now down there, to see if FEMA and others who WERE doing their jobs while he stayed out of the way, and yes, gave in to the pressure for a pointless actually photo op.
Iacocca said “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Staying out of the way IS the best leadership a POTUS can follow during said disaster operations until things settle down.
There was a lot of warning on Katrina (hmm, like 9/11!) but the Bush crew ignored it. BTW: the dikes along the 9th Ward were long known to be inadequate, but Congress never gave the Corps the money for improvements.
While Obama didn’t get in the way with a photo op, he’s now down there, to see if FEMA and others who WERE doing their jobs while he stayed out of the way, and yes, gave in to the pressure for a pointless actually photo op.
Iacocca said “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Staying out of the way IS the best leadership a POTUS can follow during said disaster operations until things settle down.