Despite the vow by President Obama to keep the Gulf oil spill a top
priority until the damage is cleaned up, 50 days after the BP rig
exploded, a definitive date and meaningful solution is yet to be
determined for the worst oil spill in the U.S. history.
So, you would think if someone is willing to handle the clean-up with
equipment and technology not available in the U.S., and finishes the
job in shorter time than the current estimate, the U.S. should jump
on the offer.
But it turned out to be quite the opposite.
U.S. Refused Help on Oil Spill
According toForeign
Policy, thirteen entities that had offered the U.S. oil spill
assistance within about two weeks of the Horizon rig explosion. They
were the governments of Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland,
Mexico, the Netherlands,
Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom,
and the United Nations.
