by RAY FLEMING
IT was to be expected that President Bush would seek to evoke the spirit of 9/11 as he did yesterday in an effort to change the national mood over the debacle of New Orleans. But the terrible events that took place in New York and Washington four years ago today were quite different from those of two weeks ago. The 2001 attacks on the Trade Center and the Pentagon were highly planned hostile acts by an outside agent whereas New Orleans suffered from the random ravages of natural forces. They were different, too, in the responses: in New York, after the inevitable pause following the initial shock, the emergency services went into action with commendable speed and bravery; by contrast, in New Orleans and the other widespread affected areas the response at local, state and federal levels was lamentably slow and confused and, in some cases, callous.
LESSONS TO BE LEARNT
11/09/2005 00:00
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