Maybe so, and your points are well taken. I hope you understand that my point of view has nothing to do with race and everything to do with content of character.
Before I say anything else, please allow me to thank you for your service to our Nation. We all owe you a deep debt of gratitude. I served in the Army at one time myself, so I can appreciate the sacrifices you have made for all of us. Thank you again.
As for NOLA, however, you are correct: not ALL people living in those areas are gang members, welfare recipients, or drug dealers. Again, however, there was a large percentage of the aforementioned there, and the citizens of those areas AND THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES seem not to have given a shizzle about the cesspools those spots had become.
Katrina and Rita flushed a giant toilet; I am not sorry to see 90+ percent of that area demolished.
Good folks like yourself and your family SHOULD move back when/as you are able. However, this time, don't allow your neighborhoods to fall apart by forgiving and excusing lawlessness and continuing to elect corrupt politicians.
Thank you for the correction