From the Guardian:
British families trapped in New Orleans last night claimed that US authorities had refused to evacuate them as Hurricane Katrina approached the city.
Although assistance was offered to US residents, British nationals were told they would have to fend for themselves. According to those who remain stranded in the stricken city, police had visited hotels and guest houses on the eve of the hurricane offering to evacuate Americans, but not Britons.
You can read the whole ugly thing here.
For what must be the umpteenth time since this mess started, I am speechless. I don’t know which is more mind-boggling: our government’s treatment of the only nation dumb enough to be our ally in the GWOT, or that the Brits were dumb enough to think that we were their ally.
Every time I think we have plumbed the depths of shame, someone goes and digs the pit a little deeper. We’re going to strike oil if we keep going lower.