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To: jlallen who wrote (683205)	11/5/2012 2:38:12 PM
From: i-node	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575424

>> Well, in one sense I agree wth Z.........Bush should have just told the LA Governor and Mayor "Choclate City" Nagin to get the hell out of the way.....and done what needed to be done... Actually, Bush, in his book, said the same thing. From his book: This is not to suggest that I didn’t make mistakes during Katrina. I should have urged Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin to evacuate New Orleans sooner. I should have come straight back to Washington from California on Day Two or stopped in Baton Rouge on Day Three. I should have done more to signal my sympathy for the victims and my determination to help, the way I did in the days after 9/11. My biggest substantive mistake was waiting too long to deploy active-duty troops. By Day Three, it was clear that federal troops were needed to restore order. If I had it to do over again, I would have sent the 82nd Airborne immediately, without law enforcement authority. I hesitated at the time because I didn’t want to leave our troops powerless to stop sniper attacks and the other shocking acts of violence we were hearing about on TV. We later learned these accounts were wildly overstated, the result of overzealous correspondents under pressure to fill every second of the twenty-four-hour cable news cycle. Bush, George W. (2010-10-05). Decision Points (Deluxe eBook Edition) (Kindle Locations 6705-6709). Crown. Kindle Edition.