From: John Beckett 

"Mark"  wrote in message
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> I find this whole overblown and positively hysterical "blame
game" that's
> going down as people continue to suffer to be entirely disgusting.

Fair comment. In my post, I didn't want to imply that it would be a good
idea to worry about blame at the moment.

I think that the fact that the US is revealed as vulnerable is dangerous
for the future. It may well encourage terrorists.

It is hard to work out the best way to use limited  resources. Here in
Australia, our hospitals are getting more and more run down, with
nurses/doctors more and more overworked. It's great for the short-term
budget, but it means that our society would have trouble dealing with
disasters (e.g. wide-spread human bird flu).

The point I am clumsily approaching is my belief that society should be
spending more money on infrastructure.

John

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