New Orleans

I think George Bush needs to stop worrying about the behaviour and regime of other countries and concentrate on the leadership and government of the United States.

The fact that he is only just visiting the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and not even visiting New Orleans is disgraceful. He is a figure head and people expect to see a high profile response from those in power (even though it's the guys behind the scenes that actually do most of the work).

It's no where near the same scale but it's the the same concept as when Blair hopped onto that helicopter to come back to London from the G8 summit and the same way that Charles and Camilla visited hospitals a few days after the bombings - people want to see their leaders involved and taking action as quickly as possible. They want to know that their leaders are metaphorically standing side by side with them.

I know it's a mind-blogglingly huge area that has been affected but if one of the richest countries in the world can't cope with this then it's madness. I know it's not all about money but the States have the money, the government/law enforcement infrastructure and the necessary resources to hand to throw at such a crisis.

Why are there still people without food, clean water and shelter - the most basic of human requirements?