Walter Reeding Iraq-- or, Katrina on the Potomac

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Walter Reeding Iraq--

by Rob Kall

Katrina on the Potomac;

We are seeing, as the disaster unfolds, that the levels of leadership that failed at Walter Reed go up higher and higher.

These Generals above Generals above Generals all failed to do their jobs.

This is a pattern that is not isolated to Walter Reed Hospital, not isolated to the Military hospital system, not isolated to the VA medical system, which we have been chronicling as badly broken.

This pattern is a top down pattern, just like Abu Ghraib, just like the humvee armor, just like the absense of kevlar vests... just like the failed WMD intelligence... just like the failure to secure IRaqi weapons and ammunition depots immediately after Bush's "mission accomplished" "shock and Awe."

This is Katrina on the Potomac.

Katrina showed us just how badly Bush had staffed the key appointments in the most important agencies and departments of government. Katrina should have awaked us to the reality that Bush and Cheney had done an equally or worse job staffing the Iraq and Afghan wars.

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Thanks babylonsister.