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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Not sure what he can really do. The military doesn't have the capabilities to work at that depth so they're reliant on BP to stop this thing. Deep water drilling is still very much a new frontier. There has been a lot of things that went wrong in secession to get the crisis to this point.
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He's never gained control over what BP is doing, he's behind the curve in knowing whats happening there. He's basically gained no accountability over BP.
Even the coast guard who he has control over has floundered badly in this crisis.
Throwing a temper tantrum "Just plug the damn hole", and telling cutsey stories about his daughter really don't show that he's trying to take any kind of initiative in this whole sordid mess.