Watching the tragedy unfold in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has been a lesson in humility. I already had my doubts as to the claims of America being the "superpower" and now to see the proof unfolding before my eyes, I don't want to believe it.
This isn't a meer failing to heed warnings of impending destruction. This is the blatant ignorance of a Nation that believes itself to be unconquerable only to allow it's own people to die because of this belief.
I can't hold back my feelings about this ignorance, this arrogance any longer.
This wasn't a failure of just any individual or group, not even close. It was the failure of an entire nation of people. Nature has proven what no scientist, no professor, no terrorist could ever prove before; that for hundreds of years America has thrown money and excuses at weaknesses it didnt want to acknowledge existed. The problem is that America can reverse this cycle of self-destruction if it wants to. Through a tragic series of events even the world sees what many Americans refuse to acknowledge.
America must acknowledge that it can easily become the Rome of the modern age.
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