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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Fully agree Chris and I feel much better now I've vented.
I just think it was a an easy/cheap shot by Obama, an opportunity for him to appease those who are frustrated at his lack of leadership in other important areas such as Iran and North Korea to name but two.
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The problem is enormous for both. First of all, BP has to cap a well 1 mile down in the ocean. That is the first daunting task. Hardly something for the faint at heart and certainly not easly done if.....EVER. In the mean time the relief wells are the only hope of stopping the flow for good. That however takes time. By next month from the looks of it the relief well will be complete. I can not recall, at least in my memory, having a well opened like this at the depths it is located. Therefore, combating such a thing is all new from what I can see. But in the meantime we are going to beat the hell out of guy from the UK who works for BP just for a good show I suppose. We will grill him until he is crispy. On the other side of the court we have Obama. He was kind of, 'oh well' from the start of this. Once some folks started barking and Jindal in Louisiana started his barking did Obama wake up to this very bad mess. So what to do? Make a PR appearance. Demand monies for those affected and hope to save any shred of evidence of leadership. Personally, I would have hoped that the two countries friendship and the Allies that they are this entire ongoing incident was handled in a better manner then it was. It did irritated me watching a BP exec get grilled. It seems to serve no purpose other than to look like something is being done.