UNCLE SAM UNPREPARED FOR ZOMBIES
James F. Miskel served as Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College for twelve years, and was also a member of the National Security Council under former Presidents Reagan and Bush (#1). In short, he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to issues of government preparedness in the face of a crisis. And that’s what makes his insights on the topic so much more disturbing.
In his 2006 book, Disaster Response and Homeland Security, Miskel observes that the Government typically deals with past failures by adopting a narrow focus on 
specific problems, and generating targeted solutions. But because no two catastrophes are ever the same, a new and unforeseen failure is always just waiting right around the corner. In fact, this “fine tuning” approach, coupled with a highly interdependent agency structure, practically guarantees that we won’t be ready for the next surprise.
He continues:
“Benjamin Franklin defined insanity as expecting a different result after doing to same thing over and over again. This definition describes our approach to reforming the disaster relief program in the United States.”
If the government isn’t prepared to deal with the next big hurricane, or earthquake, or terrorist attack, how then can we expect anything but confusion, communication gaps, and systemic breakdown when facing something as horrific as a zombie outbreak? Claims of a streamlined, vigilant post 9/11 government fall flat when compared to Miskal’s mountain of hard evidence and reasoned insights.
Unfortunately, it seems clear that when the dead rise to hunt the living we are all, quite literally, on our own…
i’m all prepared and taking alex’s advice i don’t depend on the government for anything, especially not to survive zombies. however i will have a sign on my roof should they start rescueing people. better safe than sorry.
This is how I want the world to end, zombies attacking……,
amen!
I don’t think anyone on this site is expecting to rely on the gov’t for protection should zombies start popping up. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t there also another post here a couple months ago about not being saved in time?
I would say, rely on yourself and your own tiny little group to survive.
That’s why we shouldn’t expect the government to save us from much of anything, especially the zombies. They might get us in anytime from 2 months to never, or they might just collapse completely and then we would always fend for ourselves