Our thanks go out

I would just like to take a moment to thank our allies for the aid that they have provided in Katrina's wake. Some have said that if we hadn't been fighting the war in Iraq, we would have been better prepared for this tragedy. So I just think it worthwhile to extend our gratitude. We led them into a war that has been difficult and costly; a war, the morals of which have often been questioned. So whether the war really was worth it or not, it would have been easy for our allies to leave us to our own devices in dealing with Katrina. But they didn't. They did the moral thing. They did the respectable thing. And they deserve at least some small recognition for it.