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Stop looking for someone to blame for the Los Angeles wildfires

By Michael A. Cohen

The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are far from extinguished, but the blame game is already raging. Apocalyptic images of entire communities returned to ash have been interspliced with a steady stream of critics engaging in a depressing and all too familiar spate of finger-pointing.

Why wasn't there enough water in the city's water system to fight the blazes? Why did some city hydrants run dry? Why was the city's firefighting budget cut?

Politicians, mostly Republicans, quickly mobilized not to help the affected but to score cheap political points.

This is a preview of Michael A. Cohen's latest article. Read the full column here.

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