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September 22, 2005

Terrorism and the "Katrina Option"

Topics: War on Terror

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has already been alleged by various commentators to have "demonstrated" an improbably large number of propositions. These include the incompetence of the mayor and municipal government of New Orleans, the governor and state of Louisiana, and/or the president and federal government of the United States; the poor organizational structure of FEMA; the relative efficiency of the military over the civilian bureaucracy; the short-sightedness of congressional appropriators; the pervasiveness of poverty in America; the dangers of global warming and insufficient wetlands protection; liberal media bias; the propensity of the welfare state to foster a dysfunctional culture; the error of deploying National Guard troops in Iraq; and either the compassion or the racism of white Americans. Needless to say, not all can be correct, and even those that are not logically exclusive are unlikely to be true in equal measures.

It might seem gratuitous to add another demonstration to the list, but there is at least one that has been little remarked upon thus far.

Hurricane Katrina has demonstrated that George W. Bush's forward-based offensive strategy against terrorism is essential.

Posted by Richard at September 22, 2005 6:03 PM

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