This is absolutely incredible.
Three months before the massive BP oil spill erupted in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration proposed downsizing the Coast Guard national coordination center for oil spill responses, prompting its senior officers to warn that the agency’s readiness for catastrophic events would be weakened.
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Accidents happen, “but what you’re seeing here is the government is not properly set up to deal with this kind of issue,” said Robbin Laird, a defense consultant who has worked on Coast Guard issues. “The idea that you would even think about getting rid of catastrophic environmental spill equipment or expertise at the Department of Homeland Security, are you kidding me?”
“Cutting a strike team is nuts,” said Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander and now president of the Center for National Policy, a Washington think tank. “Whether it’s an accident of man or an act of terrorism, it requires almost the exact same skill set to clean it up.”
When you add that to Obama’s “I Don’t Really Care About The Oil Spill” response, you have to ask yourself is this guy grossly incompetent, or just plain stupid.
Meanwhile, as we learned the top kill procedure did no t work to “plug the hole” Obama is resting easy on vacation in Chicago. After all, he can’t let a national catastrophe or Memorial Day ruin his R&R time.
Posted by Matt Margolis
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