[mburbank]

"From a macro standpoint, virtually every single city in America could claim that it needs this or that retro-fit or upgrade to protect itself from this or that disaster. "

Sure, but not every city in America could say that FEMA had pegged them as one of the top three potential disasters we as a country faced.

Oh, and I have no idea how you'd prove that the funds were diverted for war. If they were not and the administrtion just thought it sounded like a good thing to cut... I would say that was worse.