Iraq War Undermined Katrina Relief Effort, According to Pentagon Report

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America

The President of the United States, and all other officers of the United States including those who work at the Pentagon swear an oath to uphold the constitution.  They failed.  They did not provide for the common defense of "we the people" when it came to the Katrina disaster, because they were diverted in their completed non defense related war against Iraq.

A report commissioned by the Office of Secretary of Defence as an "independent and critical review" details how funds for flood control were diverted to other projects, desperately needed National Guards were stuck in Iraq and how military personnel had to "sneak off post" to help with relief efforts because their commander had refused permission.  The report says that the US has long been committed to war on two fronts, but the Katrina disaster plus Iraq proved too much for the U.S. defense.