I've seen this on TV, about interviews and comments from people in the US.
It's like the US citizens have this indelible sense of belief in the power of their armed forces. It has always been the way that the military can just blast their way through any problem. Something about the American psych that brute force in the end is the answer to all obstacles.
I've seen people saying they should send in the military to fix this leak. That Obama hasn't done enough, and he should have kicked BP off the case and brought in the 'real' fix-it men from wherever.
It doesn't matter how many top people have answered to the question of why don't they push BP out of the task as they have been so incompetent: "With what?"
There simply isn't anyone more experienced in this than BP. Obama can only jump up and down to show everyone he cares, but he can't do a damn thing to make this work any faster. America is stuck with BP to fix this problem - there isn't anyone else.
The idea that BP is in league with Obama or his associates in perpetuating this catastrophe is insane. BP is about to be wiped out. It has lost a third of its market valuation already, and is likely to lose much more - soon its stocks will be near worthless. This is an unmitigated catastrophe for BP as much as it is for the coastline.
And it is a catastrophe for Obama, because all he can do is watch, and in the people's frustration they want him to save the situation. He is as powerless as anyone to stop the flow of oil. And it appears all attempts to contain the spread is also futile. He should have acted sooner, I hear some say - how? He is as powerless in this as everyone else.
In a land that prides itself on can-do, no one can do anything except BP. Americans should get used to the idea that some things can't be fixed with a gun. They also have to get used to paying higher prices for their gasoline.
It's funny how we hear so much about this spill, but how much have we heard about the leakage of oil in Niger? Only yesterday I heard for the first time that Niger suffers a much greater spillage of oil than what is occurring in the Gulf, every year!
It's one catastrophe after another, and all because we like cheap goods. We let them get away with it, because we, the citizens, are too stupid to stop them. They destroy the planet, then spin a whole load of bullshit about the evilness of those who want to change things for the benefit of the common wealth ... and we believe them. Then we vote them back in to keep ripping off the people and planet. Humanity is paying for its laziness and lack of intelligence ... and unfortunately so are those who had no choice - our companion species on this planet.
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