Reply #17: Not for the Bushites, no. They have done screwed themselves (and us). [View All]

[bemildred]

This disaster is only getting started, there as aspects of this
that are not even being considered (much) yet, and the effects will
drag on for years. The economic effects in particular, but also
in foreign policy, in domestic political chaos, possibly in a
further aggravation of the destruction of the US military as an
effective force.

But various other political weasels are content to have a bit of
distraction, to not have to explain why they support(ed) the boondoggle
in Iraq etc. and even the Bushites are no doubt happy to have Ms
Sheehan off the front pages for a bit. It's an ill wind that blows
nobody good, and it ought to be perfectly clear that very few in
the ruling class are bothered about the fate of the poor in New
Orleans, as such.