Expert: U.S. not Prepared for the Next Disaster

Recent incidents have convinced me that we are totally unprepared for the next disaster(alas 9-11 or Katrina). Now we have someone who should know confirming this belief for me:

Americans have failed to learn the most important lesson of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina: We need to make building resiliency from within our borders as urgent a priority as confronting dangers from without.

What is this obsession Iraq have to do with preparedness at home:

[...]since 9/11, we have been acting as though the only serious threat we face is terrorism and that the only way to manage that threat is by military efforts abroad. When an aggressive offense against terrorists is our only defense, homeland security and planning for natural disasters end up as lesser priorities.

This is insane.[...]our intelligence apparatus is badly broken[...]