Which actually means this was the plan all along. The SWAT teams were sent to destroy the evidence & whisk whoever they needed to whisk away off the rigs.
The rig was blown to destroy anything else.
There is only one conclusion: this was a domestic, coordinated, long-planned terrorist attack.
I don’t know if I would call it a “terrorist attack” but it is certainly a means to an end.
Of course they rejected the initial recommendations of engineers, of course they rejected help from other nations and companies, and of course they delayed—they needed it to reach shore.
All they need is a tiny bit of doubt in the people, a tiny bit of guilt to forestall resistance to their carbon tax.
They are masters at using our own ethics (guilt) against us. I don’t find it difficult to defend drilling for oil, but many marshmallow sellouts on the right seem to struggle with it now that the “accidental” spill has occurred.
They will use this to their benefit.
It was a 39% premium increase from Blue Cross to usher in socialized medicine and it is oil spill to usher in a carbon tax.