Reply #82: Here is the thing

[AllentownJake]

I don't think they can stop the gusher underwater without a Nuclear weapon or a Relief Well. I know it may take a few attempts for them to get the relief well working.

I don't think we have the resources to do damage control. I know our culture, if someone in authority says that can't happen we don't prepare for it. I don't think the government nor any entity in existence has the resources to prevent the oil from going where the oil is going. That coupled with the fact in the past 20 years anytime there has been a mess with oil, Haliburton does the clean-up effort. The government even outsources that to them during Military campaigns...regardless of party in power.

For publicity sake I believe they might be able to save a few miles of beaches and take pictures of the great job they are doing. Other than that, I think the area is fucked, therefore I don't care who is in charge of managing phase one of the response. It is fucked regardless.