Isn't it ironic?
"As people lined up to receive food and water from the troops, a soldier recently back fromIraq said the scene was eerily reminiscent of Baghdad.
'There were always people in the streets always asking for water and food,' said Chad Blocker, 21, of the Arkansas National Guard. 'It is kind of the same here except here it is your own people.' "
Most of the victims were poor and black, largely because they have no cars and so were unable to flee the city before Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast. The disaster has highlighted the racial and class divides in a city and a country where the gap between rich and poor is vast.
The scenes of destruction and mayhem resembled a major Third World refugee crisis, angering politicians and local residents who said the lack of aid was unacceptable in the world's richest country.
Civil right leader Jesse Jackson, speaking in Baton Rouge, said the government had been "grossly insensitive" to the needs of New Orleans' poor.
"We've sent our National Guard, our helicopters, our resources to secure Baghdad and manufacture a democracy, but leaving New Orleans vulnerable," he told reporters.
Source: Troops roll into chaotic New Orleans bringing aid - Reuters News on Yahoo
'There were always people in the streets always asking for water and food,' said Chad Blocker, 21, of the Arkansas National Guard. 'It is kind of the same here except here it is your own people.' "
Most of the victims were poor and black, largely because they have no cars and so were unable to flee the city before Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast. The disaster has highlighted the racial and class divides in a city and a country where the gap between rich and poor is vast.
The scenes of destruction and mayhem resembled a major Third World refugee crisis, angering politicians and local residents who said the lack of aid was unacceptable in the world's richest country.
Civil right leader Jesse Jackson, speaking in Baton Rouge, said the government had been "grossly insensitive" to the needs of New Orleans' poor.
"We've sent our National Guard, our helicopters, our resources to secure Baghdad and manufacture a democracy, but leaving New Orleans vulnerable," he told reporters.
Source: Troops roll into chaotic New Orleans bringing aid - Reuters News on Yahoo
