Holding Back

These came to me via an anonymous email, and it says a whole lot more about U.S. than just water control:

This is a British levee:


The Dutch keep the ocean out:


How the freakin' Italians protect Venice!


And the good ole' U.S. of A.:


Too bad we don't have images of the war on poverty, medicaid, medicare, the social security safety net, the budget, highway infrastructure, ........

Just about anything except the military.