[antimedia] antimedia: Proof positive....

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Posted by antimedia:
Proof positive....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1156947430.shtml


   ....that the US Army Corps of Engineers [1]caused the Katrina flood in
   New Orleans and that Congress covered it up.

     The bottom line is, Katrina's storm surge did not wash the wall
     away. As you may remember, water had been seeping under the
     floodwall at the break location for about a year before Katrina.
     The ground under the levee was soaked and ready to give at any
     moment...
     New Orleans was doomed with or without Katrina, we just didn't know
     it. A good high tide puts more water in the canal than this. As the
     video shows, the water was barely higher than normal levels. The
     walls could have failed on a decent high tide.

   In other words, the levees would have failed regardless of whether or
   not a hurricane hit New Orleans. In fact, Paul claims that Katrina
   probably saved 50,000 lives!

     That levee was doomed. If it had failed without notice, the death
     toll would have been measured in tens of thousands. There would be
     no evacuation, no preparation, no Feds at all. (such that they were
     anyway) no Coast Guard in choppers etc. Tens of thousands of people
     would have been dead in hours and tens of thousands more would have
     died on 120 degree rooftops waiting for rescue. It would have been
     unimaginable. - More unimaginable.
     "Luckily" -and I groan when I say that- Katrina allowed the city to
     be evacuated.
     I've said it for months. Katrina didn't flood New Orleans. She just
     happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

   There are two things about this story that irritate me to no end.
   First, it's unconscionable that the levees could be leaking for a year
   and no one did a thing about it. Second, what possible reason could
   Congress have for keeping this quiet? Do our representatives think
   we're stupid? Incapable of handling the truth? Not worthy of knowing
   the truth? It's incomprehensible to me that our political leadership
   would deliberately choose to hide the truth, but they have.
   And in an upcoming article, I will discuss another serious matter that
   has also been covered up by Congress. I'm beginning to see a pattern.

References

   1. http://wizbangblog.com/2006/08/28/the-katrina-video-congress-didnt-want-you-to-see.php