If this new timeline is correct, it certainly puts Obama’s announcement to open up drilling in a new (and much more sinister) light.
He probably thought he’d win the undying loyalty of the Drill, Baby, Drill crowd and that they’d stick with him even after he “reluctantly” had to reverse his decision in face of the “unacceptable” risks that he expected to be revealed once the almost-certain gusher at Deepwater began. Apparently he failed to consider that the DBD crowd would be appalled at his unnecessary 6 month moratorium on deep water drilling and that they’d be equally appalled at his inept handling of the entire situation. If his thinking really ran along the lines suggested above, it would be a classic example of being too clever by half.
Freaky, dude. Must have been seperated at birth.