Since the idiots who managed Katrina manage the war on terror, this shouldn't come as a surprise

[OmahaBlueDog]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has failed to eliminate the terrorist threat in Pakistan's tribal areas and has no comprehensive plan to do so, U.S. government investigators said on Thursday.

Instead, Washington has relied on Pakistan's military to address U.S. national security goals since 2002, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office said, adding that al Qaeda has now regrouped in the region called the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

"The United States has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe haven in Pakistan's FATA," the congressional investigations agency said in a report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080417/pl_nm/usa_pakistan_gao_dc

[Captain Angry]

1. I don't believe for one minute that it was ever a goal.

If you eliminate a threat, you can't scare the people.

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. I'm not sure rebuilding NOLA is one of their top goals either

[Captain Angry]

3. I thought it was clever how rebuilding NOLA was considered wasteful...

But Manhattan, NYC and Washington, DC are at similar altitudes.

We'd never question rebuilding those locations after they were flooded. We'll spend billions putting in proactive protection if there is a threat in those locations.

But NOLA, not so much.

It's criminal.

[SpiralHawk]

4. FATA SS - did they name this zone after Rush "Ass Pimple Draft Dodger" Limbaugh (R)

or after some other celebrated republicon chickenhawk?