The African disease hits home

The tragedy of New Orleans has brought to America the disaster that is happening daily in Africa, and it is seen as all the more tragic as it is happening to people who, while they were the poor of America, always had enough to survive before now. The staggering facility of George Bush in the face of the crisis is nothing short of the greatest evil of indifference. His holiday continued for two days after the disaster, and only in the last day were more National Guard drafted in. And instead of widescale evacuation, there is draconian policing of dying people. We are witnessing a holocaust of indifference while we watch in our security, for no-one would dare to suggest, surely, that the superpower of America could need our assistance. So what can we do, but watch and read of dead bodies littering streets and new rivers, and of people who wait in a Sports Arena for a slow death or last minute help, as we opine on all forms of media about the irony of the situation? God forgive us all.