Common Sense Check: If the oil spill could have been contained any sooner, BP would have done it.

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My title there is not in any way a defense of BP nor is it intended to do BP any kind of lip service. This thing is costing them a ton of money while they are also losing tens of thousands of barrels of their product (probably a lot more than that, but you get my point).

The military was on this from day one and the Obama administration has had all the proper people on it. The fact is, stopping an oil spill of this magnitude is not something that is easily doable, if doable at all. The criticisms I'm hearing are beyond ridiculous. Of all the things we can blame Bush for, I don't think any of us are faulting his administration for not being able to prevent the world trade center from collapsing after the planes had all ready hit. Thats pretty much what the criticisms of the Obama administration regarding this incident amount to. Its simply outrageous.

Its valid to criticize the administration for supporting more drilling. Its valid to criticize the administration if they fail to push the enforcement of regulations on energy companies that undertake dangerous projects like offshore oil extraction and mining.

But there is not even a hint of validity to the criticisms of the administrations response to this incident. Unfortunately, President Obama doesn't have the luxury of being able to send Captain America and the Avengers out to contain a massive oil spill. Common sense dictates that if, between the time the explosion occurred and now, that anything could have been done to lessen the effects of this incident, BP would have made sure that it happened. And unless you actually believe that BP enjoys losing all this money and losing all this oil and enjoys experiencing a massive public relations nightmare, then you've no reason to believe that handling the actual accident itself could have gone any better.