What reason has the gov't given for not accepting help from other countries?

[Cant trust em]

I've heard this claim numerous times. First, I suppose I should question if it's true. But then, what is our reasoning for not accepting the help?

[jody]

1. Only President Obama can give an acceptable answer. n/t

[Bitwit1234]

20. He has and some are there working. Listen to the news they

do get some things correct once in a while.

[jody]

25. I see we disagree on what is "an acceptable answer". n/t

[ProgressiveVictory]

2. Not sure.. But any help is better than none.

[Uzybone]

3. I thought I read they are accepting help. The OP is a few days late

[Diamonique]

4. Keith Olbermann just listed lots of countries, and the help they have offered...

... AND WE HAVE ACCEPTED.

The right-wingers are wrong on this one... as usual.

[sandnsea]

7. This isn't coming from the right n/t

[TxVietVet]

11. Oh yes it is.

It's straight forward conservanazi LIES.

:puke:

[sandnsea]

12. OMG, it's been at DU fifty times a day

For the last six weeks. I got tired of posting the rebuttals.

Now Keith opens his mouth and the last six weeks just disappears???

Gadzooks.

[Barack_America]

19. RWers are perhaps upset we didn't accept Iran's help?

[sandnsea]

5. Yeah you should question whether it's true

http://coastalcare.org/2010/06/us-seeks-foreign-help-for-oil-spill-equipment/

[tanyev]

6. Like the Dutch?

[TxVietVet]

8. The US has been accepting help from other countries.

Keith Olbermann stated so on his show tonight. Equipment from Mexico and the Netherlands. A third country was also involve, but I can't remember the name.

Don't believe all the conservanazi blather out there. The US Government has given permission to several countries to help. They gave an exemption for the "JONES ACT". That was stated last night.

IF you listen to the conservanazis (aka teabaggin' kkkluckers), today they are saying that President Obama doesn't want the BP oil spill to stop so he can enact "drastic" environmental laws all by himself without the Congress. :rofl:

[elleng]

9. There is no reason; we ARE accepting help.

[doc03]

10. I read a post in DU this morning that we have accepted help

from other countries, the poster listed several different countries that have sent skimmers and other equipment to help in the gulf.

[TxVietVet]

13. You, sir, are absolutely correct.

The only ones who are passing around the conservanzis' lie about the US not accepting help, are the same idiots that are spreading the conspiracy lies about not stopping the BP oil blowout.

The wingnuts are just that.......... stupid, lying, conservanazi wingnuts. :rofl:

[theoldman]

16. I am happy to have a new person with common sense.

[State the Obvious]

14. That's a question that comes DIRECTLY from Sarah Palin...

...but (according to KO) we HAVE accepted help from Mexico, Norway and Netherlands......since late May.

[theoldman]

15. Let's start by acknowledging that BP has accepted help from other countries.

President Obama is trying to get BP to do the job so the American tax payer does not have to foot the bill. It is not true that many other countries have a lot of knowledge on oil spills. They are only knowledgeable on small spills. In no way do I believe that BP or Obama are not trying their best to solve the problem. It is not in their interest to let the spill go on. The only one that had anything to gain from this spill is the Republican party. They want to prove that Obama is less than Bush.

[Cha]

17. On google the first 6 or 7 links said the USA was "blocking

aid from other countries" but way down I found this(I kept looking bc I had read that was a lie).

<snip>

"WASHINGTON DC, United States—With workers locked in a race against time to stem the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US government said Monday it has received aid offers from 17 countries and four international bodies so far.

The US State Department said it is now playing an active role in the oil spill response coordinated by President Barack Obama's administration.

It has made an informal appeal to foreign governments and international bodies such as the European Union for 18-to-24-inch-wide (46-61 centimeters) containment boom and fire boom, as well as for high speed, high capacity offshore skimmer vessels.

Diplomats are helping the government response team and BP—which leased the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded nearly two months ago—with source equipment, supplies, and services from foreign governments and international bodies.

They also forward foreign aid offers to the interagency group overseeing the spill response, locate potential sources of needed supplies and equipment, and help BP's sourcing by reaching out to foreign ministries and expediting visa processing."

<more>
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100615-275709/US-taps-into-foreign-assistance-for-Gulf-oil-spill

[MCookie99]

18. Tankers and the Jones Act

I heard on Charlie Rose that (according to a former head of another oil company) the Saudis have been able to clean a similar mess using tankers and vacuuming (?). As I understood there is something called the Jones Act which prevents us from using tankers not built in the US. However, the President could temporarily suspend the Jones Act. Something was said about its being for political reasons that it was not done. Also, according to this guest on Charlie Rose, there is nothing more anyone can do to close the hole, but they could be doing a much better job on clean-up.

I wish I knew more about why they are not using tankers because I have heard many suggest it, but I have not heard (other than because of the Jones Act) why it is not done.

[Cant trust em]

24. Tankers are best for a large monolithic spill

Since this spill is so broken up, they're not as effective as they would be in something like the Exxon Valdez spill where all of the oil came out in essentially one place.

[jwirr]

21. KO said that the countries Plain is claiming have not been accepted

were accepted already. We are repeating pug talking points here. And this is not the only post that is doing it.

[JuniperLea]

22. They have accepted help...

Please... don't spread RW lies...

[Cant trust em]

23. I'm not spreading lies.

I'm asking if there's a reason behind a point made and even question if it's true.

We can't blow everything off just because Fox News says it.