The Time Has Come... To Face The Facts...

Remember that song by, oh, what's the name of that band? They sang, "The time has come... to face the facts... ... Beds are Burnin'..." Golden Eye or Gold Knife or something like that. That song jammed!

Anyway, what I wanted to really get at is that many residents of New Orleans are able to go back to their homes and access the damages from Hurricane Katrina. Yes, it has been one month, hasn't it? Some authorities think that it is too soon to let residents back in. I say its high time! How will New Orleans rebuild when residents are not around to help clean up? If I was away from my home for a long period of time, even knowing that there might not be much left when I get back, I would still want to get back home as soon as possible. There is something detrimental to the human spirit when you live out on the road in foreign places for too long.

Assessing reality is better sometimes. There is a sense of comfort in facing the facts. It is a part of the grieving process, and a part of the getting on with your life process. It's about re-establishing home again. It is a part of creating change and making a place better than when you left it.

The irony is that we are still debating a strategy to get Iraq back on its own feet. The current Bush Administration believes that we should stay the course, which means that we will be there for an infinity. That is like authorities telling the residents of New Orleans that they can't have their city back until it is the right time, in the authorities eyes, which could be never.

As New Orleans will have to deal with contamination caused by the flooding for many years, Iraq will also have to deal with contamination from violence for many years, too. However, the sooner both places are able to try and rebuild, to re-establish themselves again, the better off they will be as communities.

The longer the U.S. sticks our nose in their issues, the more people lose faith in the United States, because the U.S. has by such actions shown a lack of faith in people.