Geld wurde woanders gebraucht

Salon.com über Kürzungen beim Katastrophenschutz in New Orleans - das Geld wurde für den Irak-Krieg gebraucht:

• No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming: In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
  
• Anatomy of an unnatural disaster: With FEMA gutted for Homeland Security and flood projects delayed for lack of funding, the New Orleans nightmare should surprise no one