On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:53:41 -0700, the blithe spirit Abrasha
clearly indicated:

Actually money had been allocated for the strengthening of the levees,
but is was withdrawn by the Bush administration. The money was needed
elsewhere, ... Iraq.

Do a little more research on that and you'll find the head of the
USACE discounting that. Those funds would have been too little/too
late anyway. (Not that I'd stick up for the Shrub...)


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