Obama Refusing Help For Gulf Cleanup

Does Barack Hussein Obama want the Gulf crisis over?  Several European nations and thirteen countries in total apparently offered the Obama administration ships to assist in the cleanup of the Gulf.  When asked about this, a State Department press spokesman refused to identify any offers of assistance.

European firms could complete the task in four months, rather than an estimated nine months if done only by the U.S. Working with the U.S., the cleanup could be accomplished in three months.  The Belgian firm DEME contends it can clean up the oil with accuracy at a depth of 2,000 meters. Another European firm with capabilities is the Dutch firm Jan De Nul Group.  The Dutch and Belgians are long time NATO allies and as such partners in international security cooperation.  To close the door on them while they are offering a helping hand in a time of national emergency simply makes no sense.

According to one article, no U.S. companies have the ships which can accomplish this task is because those ships would cost twice as much to build in the U.S. as they do outside the country.  This is one adverse impact of the Jones Act, which Congress passed in 1920s. This piece of protectionism has only hampered an anemic American maritime industry.  It also has prevented a quicker response to the oil spill.  European firms do have the expertise to clean up the spill.

 If other nations have the technologies to address this oil spill, then the administration does have the ability to accept their help: in response to Hurricane Katrina, for example, Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff temporarily waived the Jones Act in order to facilitate much-needed transport of oil throughout the country.

If Obama and the Democrats want to clean up the Gulf oil spill they will accept the help offered by European countries.  Obama and the Democrats are much more concerned with stopping offshore drilling and political gains they hope to garner from the Gulf oil spill.

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