Was the Gulf Oil Rig Explosion a Deliberate Attack on America?‎

I am fully prepared to be called a “crazy conspiracy theorist” here for even asking some of these questions, but I would like to know who or what caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig platform in the Gulf of Mexico last week.

We live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and are in the direct path of the oil spill flowing toward us from the blown-up rig about fifty miles off the coast of Louisiana. What caused the explosion? And, why would the explosion on the surface of the platform create the situation in which crews are unable to stop the oil flow from the well’s head, which is nearly a mile deep? I realize the rig sunk after burning in a terrible and tremendous way, so I guess it’s possible that the sinking platform could have somehow irreparably damaged the pipeline at the floor of the Gulf, but it seems unlikely to me, with all the safety features on these rigs and wells.

One worker on the rig at the time of the explosion reported that the lights on the platform went out right before the explosion. She was one of the 115 people who escaped the burning rig. Eleven others were not so fortunate; they remain missing and are presumed dead.

Rush Limbaugh pointed out that the explosion occurred on April 21st, the day before “Earth Day.” He also reminded us that Al Gore had previously encouraged environmental nutjobs to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of coal plants that don’t have carbon capture technology. “Eco-terrorists” exist and have done millions of dollars worth of criminal damage. Fire is one of the main tools of their evil trade.

I’m not claiming the Deep Horizon was bombed by eco-terrorists, although I don’t believe it’s out of the realm of possibility. But, it would take some serious money and ability to pull off an attack like that, so I would tend to think much bigger than college hippie eco-wackos with some money-backing–a foreign government, perhaps.

Of course, before I could finish writing my thoughts here, I just heard Michael Savage posing the same questions. He also said there is a theory on a Russian website that claims North Korea is behind this. The article claims that North Korea torpedoed the Deepwater Horizon, which was apparently built and financed by South Korea.

Torpedoes would make sense for the results we see. The platform exploded, despite redundant safety features; plus, something apparently also happened on the Gulf floor at the opening of the well to prevent engineers from being able to stop the flow of oil from it. Two torpedoes launched from a submarine could cause those things to happen.

There are a number of international “suspects” who might want to do something like this. They range from Muslim terrorists to the Red Chinese, Venezuela and beyond. Remember that China and Russia are drilling out there, as well, and they would benefit from America cutting back on our own drilling.

As soon as this happened, my gut told me it was no accident. This kind of thing rarely happens, and the timing was just too “coincidental” for various reasons. I don’t know what the truth is behind this terrible event, but I’m certain it’s more than we’re being told. We may never know the truth.

If it really is an act of aggression by a foreign government, I seriously doubt we will be allowed to know it. Heck, the Obama administration is still covering up the details behind the act of war committed against our country at Fort Hood by a Muslim operative who had infiltrated our Military.

No, we may never get to the bottom of this deep oil well of secrecy. But, I would ask that you please keep in your prayers the families of the offshore workers killed and those injured, along with the many people here on the Gulf Coast whose livelihoods and businesses will be hurt by this oil spill, along with the poor birds and marine life that are in the path of it.

Gina Miller, a native of Texas, is a radio disc jockey. She also works with her husband installing and repairing residential irrigation systems and doing landscaping on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

I saw this in the comment section over at ragingdebate.com.

I sure hope this guy is wrong.
I’d much prefer the terrorist scenario myself....

“Dropping back in briefly to update this thread with some Uber-Doom analysis from the pages of The Oil Drum:

A reader who is an engineer of considerable experience says watch this one
evolve carefully because it is destined to continue to grow and he shares this
long (but worthy explanation why:

“Heard your mention of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico this morning,
and you (and most everyone else except maybe George Noory) are totally missing
the boat on how big and bad of a disaster this is.

First fact, the original estimate was about 5,000 gallons of oil a day
spilling into the ocean. Now they’re saying 200,000 gallons a day. That’s over a
million gallons of crude oil a week!

I’m engineer with 25 years of experience. I’ve worked on some big projects
with big machines. Maybe that’s why this mess is so clear to me.

First, the BP platform was drilling for what they call deep oil. They go out
where the ocean is about 5,000 feet deep and drill another 30,000 feet into the
crust of the earth. This it right on the edge of what human technology can do.
Well, this time they hit a pocket of oil at such high pressure that it burst all
of their safety valves all the way up to the drilling rig and then caused the
rig to explode and sink. Take a moment to grasp the import of that. The pressure
behind this oil is so high that it destroyed the maximum effort of human science
to contain it.

When the rig sank it flipped over and landed on top of the drill hole some
5,000 feet under the ocean.

Now they’ve got a hole in the ocean floor, 5,000 feet down with a wrecked
oil drilling rig sitting on top of is spewing 200,000 barrels of oil a day into
the ocean. Take a moment and consider that, will you!

First they have to get the oil rig off the hole to get at it in order to try
to cap it. Do you know the level of effort it will take to move that wrecked oil
rig, sitting under 5,000 feet of water? That operation alone would take years
and hundreds of millions to accomplish. Then, how do you cap that hole in the
muddy ocean floor? There just is no way. No way.

The only piece of human technology that might address this is a nuclear
bomb. I’m not kidding. If they put a nuke down there in the right spot it might
seal up the hole. Nothing short of that will work.

If we can’t cap that hole that oil is going to destroy the oceans of the
world. It only takes one quart of motor oil to make 250,000 gallons of ocean
water toxic to wildlife. Are you starting to get the magnitude of this?

We’re so used to our politicians creating false crises to forward their
criminal agendas that we aren’t recognizing that we’re staring straight into
possibly the greatest disaster mankind will ever see. Imagine what happens if
that oil keeps flowing until it destroys all life in the oceans of this planet.
Who knows how big of a reservoir of oil is down there.

Not to mention that the oceans are critical to maintaining the proper oxygen
level in the atmosphere for human life.

We’re humped. Unless God steps in and fixes this. No human can. You can be
sure of that.” “

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