This seems to be the consensus view:
President Bush told reporters on Friday that millions of tons of food and water are on the way to the people stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina — but he said the results of the relief effort “are not acceptable.”
“A lot of people working hard to help those who’ve been affected, and I want to thank the people for their efforts,” Bush said before leaving the White House for a tour of the devastated areas in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
“The results are not acceptable.”
Bush’s visit comes as stranded residents and frustrated officials expressed anger that relief has not come.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at state and federal authorities saying they were “thinking small” in the face of the massive crisis.
I don’t think anyone would argue that what has happened has not been the desired response- I still have no idea why it has taken so long to simply fix the breached levee, let alone hundreds of other questions. The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and FEMA will have a lot of questions ot answer at a later date. The efforts in Mississippi and in Alabama seem to be going along at a much better pace.