Bush may have not caused the hurricane but he surely did not help the post situation by him and his administration cutting funding to secure the levees that surround new orleans five years in a row. The hurricane if you remember scaled eastward at the last minute making the situation in New Orleans not as horrible as expected until the Levees (that were never repaired/reinforced as instructed by MANY civil engineers) broke and the area was flooded under water. What my main complaint is how in the world could our government that sticks it neck out so often to help other countries leave these thousands of people to fend off such horrible conditions on their own for almost five days! Watch the news, watch anderson cooper screaming at the cameras wondering why he is in there on day two, with the rest of the media but NO help!!! Tell me if thousands of Natalie Holloways were drowning, starving and dying of illness for which they could not be treated would bush and his government wait five days to rescue them? I think not.
It is a matter of response time, or preparation for a disaster that this government has had plenty forewarnings about. Funny their was a New York Times article just one year ago in september spelling out what something like a category 3 hurricane could do to New Orleans and the levees and that engineers for the government were well aware of the implications. Why did our government not take the proper precautions and preparations to ensure that our people would be safe? Because we are too preoccupied with making corporations rich, keeping poor people poor and not caring if they die or not.
Bush did not cause a hurricane directly but he did let how many thousands of people die in the five days before he decided to act. Ask any of these people who are now trying to find their relatives, seek housing, find jobs and restart their lives if they think waiting five days for any help while they encounter horrific conditions and watch people deteriorate and die around them was worth the wait. Just ask them. I have family members who went through this and it is unbelievable that some of you on this site expect them to accept the fact that their leader, their president did nothing for them for almost a week while their fellow americans and children died.