US turned down Britain’s offer to help clean up BP oil rig spill

U.K. Times Online ^ | June 14, 2010 | Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor

[quinhon6869]

A high-level British offer of help to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was rebuffed by America shortly after the accident, fuelling fresh fears of political tension between the two countries over the disaster. A few days after the BP-leased rig sank on April 22, the Cabinet Office made a direct offer to the US State Department to airlift half of Britain’s 1,200-tonne stockpile of chemical dispersants, The Times has learnt.

[Army Air Corps]

The Partier in Chief cannot be bothered. Slick move, Oilbama.

[jersey117]

I may not watch tomorrow night, just view a running commentary thread here at FR.

That's my plan. I can't stomach the commie.

[MrEdd]

O’bonghit thought that he needed the crisis to be bigger.

And that this would not come out later to bite him.

He has never had a real job.

[Doogle]

13 total

[FourPeas]

Obama: the new curse word.

[MEGoody]

A high-level British offer of help to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was rebuffed by America

"America" meaning the Obama administration. What the heck is wrong with ZerO? What an idiot.

[Doogle]

why get a job when you got 6 social security cards...?

[Army Air Corps]

Where may I find a list? I have some “progressive” acquaintances to annoy.

[silverleaf]

the more details are allowed to come out, the more we see the typical partisan, union loaded, bumbling obama team trying to crisis manage by populist screeds, public opinion polls and catering to their radical base

and yet, the damage is ALL BP’s fault and ALL BP’s financial responsibility- right

sarc

[Doogle]

6 SS Cards and was at the feeding end of getting $50 million grant for ACORN along with Ayers

[EBH]

None of this makes any sense what so ever.

I won't listen on Tuesday.

0bama needs to be removed from office. At the level of dereliction of duty being witnessed...the entire regime needs to be removed.

[rightwingcrazy]

Unexpected behavior from the man who transcends petty nationalism.

[EBH]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2533619/posts

This going to quickly become an international incident.

0bama is drowning in the sea of oil.

[opentalk]

Why is the U.S. rejecting international help with the oil spill?

(from Redstate)

[bert]

Saudi Arabia I think

[Doogle]

At yesterday’s State Department briefing, spokesman P.J. Crowley updated reporters on the offers of international assistance the Department has received to help with the oil spill in the Gulf.

He said the U.S. has received offers to assist from 17 countries and four international organizations. The countries are : Canada, Mexico, Korea, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands
, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam. The organizations are : the European Union, including the European Maritime Safety Agency, the environmental unit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the United Nations Environment Program and the International Maritime Organization.

[rintense]

I haven’t see a single liberal on various internet boards supporting Obama on this. They’re all pissed beyond belief at his inaction.

[ignoramus2010]

Payback is a bitch.

By the way. Why is Obama demanding that BP have a containment and cleanup plan? Isnt the cleanup by law Obama’s responsibility, and shouldnt he set the plan and make BP follow it?

[syriacus]

OILGATE
It's not about BP's costly leak.
It's about Obama's stingy cleanup.

[Carley]

IMPEACH OBAMA