If the terrorists are watching this they must be thrilled

[bluestateguy]

If this is how our government responds to disasters, Al Qaeda must be delighted.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. AL Queda wanted Bush re-elected for a reason

[Behind the Aegis]

2. So true!

That actually has me a little nervous.

[Mugsy]

3. Had 1000 not died in Iraq the next day...

Had 1000 people not died in Iraq the next day, I'd have expected to hear a lot of "Allah is punishing the U.S." quotes coming out of the Middle East.

And had Katrina not of been so devistating, I'd of expected the Right-wing nut jobs here say "God was punishing the Iraqi's".

Interesting how God seems to have balanced things out so neither side wins.

I wonder what Pat Robertson has to say about that?

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Actually, WWLTV reported that some jihadists were calling the hurricane

"Private Katrina"

"But not all responses were positive. Islamic extremists are rejoicing. Internet chatter referred to the storm as "Private" Katrina, and said it had joined the global holy war against the U.S. "

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

[caligirl]

Nooo! they are kicking themselves, missed opportunity, Bush

was incompetent again, they failed to capitalize on it. Will we be so lucky again?

I live in the third area sited, SFO area, disaster George strikes again.

[nonconformist]

4. Oh you know they are

They know just how easy it will be to completely cripple this nation with these nincompoops in charge.

[Xtreme]

5. Your right, and I am worried

With all our goverments attention on Iraq and now the NO disaster, this would be a perfect time for a bus bomb or such in a major U.S. city.

I shudder to think of it!

[moondust]

6. It took 9/11 to wake us up

out of our dream state and get prepared for anything!

:rofl:

[wli]

7. Bush's CIA agents (al Qaeda) are just following orders and don't care. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Sure they are, they didn't have to lift a finger, all our resources

have been pissed away in Iraq, and they have done nothing but make a few home videos.

[despairing optimist]

10. Not only that, but the disaster response provides a perfect window

of opportunity to further tax emergency response systems nationwide. The resources are just not there to put out several fires across the country at once. I'm sure that these shortcomings are being duly noted.

We in NY have been wondering when the second shoe would drop, and the events of the past week as well as those in London and Madrid leave an eerie feeling that big plans are in the works. The terrorists know they can count on the Bush administration to look the other way and claim that it couldn't anticipate anything regardless of the evidence to the contrary. There won't be any preliminary evacuation here, and millions could be trapped. I shudder to think of the lawlessness that could break out in a gridlocked city choking on its own enormity.