Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Should The U.S. Military Take Control Over The Gulf Oil Spill?



US Military Rejects Calls To Take Control Of Oil Spill -- The Telegraph

The United States military does not have the technology or the know-how to deal with the devastating oil spill, its highest ranking military officer admitted on Monday night.

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they had no more tactics left in their arsenal following BP’s latest failure to plug the leak.

Responding to calls for the armed forces to take control of the oil spill disaster, Mr Mullen said: “We’ve looked at that continuously since the leak started – whether or not we would have submersibles that could go do this.

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My Comment: As a supportive role .... the U.S. military is invaluable. But the idea that they should take the "lead" role in plugging this environmental disaster .... Adm. Mullen is right .... they do not have the technology nor expertise to coordinate such a massive and unique undertaking.

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