mf_dolphin wrote:JQ Public wrote:What if the US was attacked again by terrorists? Would this be the same sort of reaction they would give? D!
You fail to acknowledge that this wasn't an attack by terrorists. Unfortunately in this case there are laws that govern what the Federal Government can do in a natural disaster. The state failed to provide the security and first response plain and simple.
I'm going to just give that to you as a gimme -- and respond with "so what?" The government needs to be ready to respond to disasters and attacks much more effectively than it responded here, not just to save the people, but to protect the country. If someone nuked, say, LA tomorrow, this kind of "response" would have resulted in California seceding! I understand that a response can take time, but the procedure needs to be streamlined. I'm positive that our enemies are taking note of our incompetence right now and just how fragile we are as a nation. I can think of several scenarios just off the top of my head that, if executed tomorrow, would result in the dissolution of central governance in America. And the funny thing is that the scenarios I'm thinking of wouldn't require a whole lot of effort, just a bit of coordination and backing from a medium-sized nation.