Foreign press weighs in.. (many comments)

[SoCalDem]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4207542.stm


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Sweden's Dagens Nyheter

The disaster is obviously a challenge for Bush... like every predecessor, he is thinking of his lasting reputation. And, if you will excuse the expression, he does not want to see that reputation blown apart.



Denmark's Kristeligt Dagblad

Every natural disaster comes in two waves. First the wind and rain arrives, then the political storm.



France's Le Monde

The disaster could become a trump card for the White House if it allows the Iraq war and its opponents to fade into the background.



Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung

But if he fails to get a grip on the chaos within a few days, his words could become his undoing.



Germany's Die Tageszeitung

The fast and safe evacuation was white, leaving behind poor black people, as if time had stood still between the racial unrest of the sixties and today.



Prague's Hospodarske Noviny

Not even the monstrous Katrina will drag the USA into recession.



Romania's Gardianul

Bush's desperate efforts to redress the situation did not stop the virulent criticism aimed at his 'indifference'... on the first day of the hurricane was still on holiday.



Spain's ABC

What is certain is that the tragedy has that has razed to the ground the states of Louisiana and Mississippi has shown up the weak flanks of a country which, taken up in the last few years with its imperial adventures, has ignored matters that are much more important for the well-being of its citizens.



Israel's Yediot Aharonot

Scores of 'mini' blunders in the giant American blunder that included loss of control, lack of a chain of command, heavy fog with all that has to do with the distribution of powers and the chatter-stricken elected public figures.

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