Kortnei Davis (fgcu) Who do they serve?

Yesterday i was watching a film called “Troubled Water”. It was a film by a Hurricane Katrina  victim in New Orleans.Watching the film and just seeing the living the conditions of the New Orleans residents my eyes watered. However, as the film progressed i saw how badly these people were treated and no help was available for them. These people had to walk, swim, float on whatever they found, travel by boat to get dry land. There were bodies piled in homes with notes on them to be given back to families when found. The hospital even had bodies piled on the floor and some families were lied to that their relatives had been evacuated from the premises only to find it out it was a lie. However, i began to question the actions of the military. They were parts in the film where they told people they were looking dead bodies but yet and still they by passed homes and were told by the residents where they didn’t or where they should be looking. Really, did  they take this seriously?  i understand they were to look for the bodies but i honestly feel like the people who were alive should have been rescued first because while they are looking for bodies, there were people still dying, suffering from hunger, thirst, etc.  There was this one scene where a military guy said they could go to a nearby naval base and would be housed there. However, when they reached the base there was a problem. The people were told to leave, that they couldn’t be help or they would be forced to shoot. The people New Orleans refused and the Naval Base armed their weapons at the residence to aim and fire at them. When interviewed as to why they did it, one guy simply responded “we protecting the government, it is our job.” Not to mention the Naval Base was closed down. The point is, if the military is not around to protect the people but the Government then why do we do need so many. Who can we count on to protect the people of the United States if not the military. I don’t believe all that could be done to help the residents of New Orleans was done.  Judging from the film and the interviews these people did not care, they only cared about protecting the government and looked for any one person who acted out of control. We need people that we can count on and if we cant count on local, state, federal, or military help when most needed then who can we can count on?

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