A modern day Nero

I picked up the Chronicle today and in the center spread I found an article by Thomas L Friedman of the Newyork Times. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the author opined that America is no longer able to compete with emerging powers like China and India. What surprised me was his holding India on the same grade as China and affixing the "Power" tag. Then he went on with the usual Bush-bashing which has become very common these days. It seems there were not enough troops in the US to help manage the aftermath of hurricane "Katrina". Most of them were deployed in Iraq ("Eye-Rack" as Bush calls it) and Afghanistan. Like Nero who played his fiddle when Rome burnt we can see President Bush playing his guitar on the day Katrina hit the US coastline. It has also come to light the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) had sent warning signals to the government long before Katrina hit. While browsing through the net I found an interesting open letter at sell the ranch.com urging Mr. Bush to take action. I thought people would never re-elect Mr. Bush. But to my surprise he made it to the Oval again. Even Biharis learnt their lessons from "Laloo raj" then why did Americans fail? It baffles me ...