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A Gumbo of Blame for the New Orleans Debacle
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PAUL BLASE
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In his Oct. 6 column, "It's Your Failure, Too, Mr. Bush," Eugene Robinson noted that the federal government has been focused on preparedness and response in the event of a terrorist attack on a major city. But throughout history, dikes, dams and levees have been military and terrorist targets. In planning
for a catastrophic terrorist attack, wouldn't one priority be to focus
on likely targets, which in New Orleans would be its dikes, dams and levees?
So despite what President Bush, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and FEMA Director Michael D. Brown want us to think, it hardly matters that the levees broke because of a hurricane, because a terrorist attack could have brought about the same result. Therefore, the planning -- if any -- should have been the same.
RICH PLISKIN
Princeton, N.J.
