Oil Spill Clean Up Needs To Be A Military Operation

[Joanne98]

Run time: 07:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axH-qW_3NJQ   Posted on YouTube: May 22, 2010 By YouTube Member: MoxNewsDotCom Views on YouTube: 307   Posted on DU: May 22, 2010 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 763

 

[Zen Democrat]

1. Apparently NOBODY has the expertise to clean this up. Not the oil companies or the military.

It's just a horrible disaster that never should have happened and ALL offshore drilling in US waters should be suspended forever. The idea that there's a magic fix if only somebody would do it is wishful dreaming at this point. It's a catastrophe without a cure at this point. The hole in the Gulf floor may be plugged sooner or later, but what it's doing and will do to the coastline and wildlife is really incomprehensible and incurable.

[disndat]

3. It looks like mission impossible.

On the other point about stopping off shore drilling, we are competing with China for all the foreign oil in the Middle East and elsewhere. That is another reality.

[FBI_Un_Sub]

2. Do you mean

1. The top down, authoritarian, hierarchical command structure of the military; or
   
2. Lots of people and lots of hardware -- which may not have expertise.
   

Have you thought about

1. Coast Guard.
   
2. NOAA Commissioned Corps.
   

They have the top down, authoritarian, hierarchical command structure of the military, but NOT the resources. They also have more sensitivity to environmental issues then, e.g., the USN.

[ljm2002]

4. Excellent segment!

Amazing how limited the powers of the US government are here. Well, of course we can't step on a private company's toes, after all. That would be un-American.

[1776Forever]

5. My oldest son is a Navy Seabee and has been to Gulfport MS base many times.

I wouldn't doubt that they could do the "clean-up" job in a better manner then the Coast Guard who are guarding our coast not "the" coast line. I am very proud of the things his fellow men and women have done and I know they are up to the job! Some of them have been sent to Haiti to help in the clean up there as stated at this link:

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/navy_seabees2haiti_011410w/

“Seabees are well known for their humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery efforts around the world, having recently provided support for victims of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters,” he said.