Oil slick and Obama!
The US President is losing some of his popularity, thanks to BP's oil mess in the Gulf of Mexico. The recently found oil well has been leaking oil all over the US south-eastern sea and shoreline, for well over a month; with no end in sight till today! BP has managed to unsettle the newly elected Democratic administration, to the secret delight of the Republicans, who are quietly watching the matter. They are forcefully joining in the rightly felt disgust and dismay of the people, directly or indirectly affected by the oil spill! The Republicans are playing their cards in this 'blame game'; and as rightly observed by Obama-- 'the buck stops here'; assuming the overall responsibility! This is a mature gesture from a confident President who does not prefer to "pass the buck on". His statement is the right and mature step on the issue.
The only way out for the President is to realise all the direct as well as indirect costs involved of cleaning up all this mess and bring back the environment situation to normalcy, particularly in the 'Everglades' and coast lines, the 'Sundarbans" of the USA!. He should also financially penalize BP heavily for their carelessness in letting the accident happen, for which he will get full public support!
The BP disaster can usher in further political bickering and misunderstanding between the Democrats and Republicans-- out in the open! It can also lead to souring of relationship between the UK and the USA, the two nations sharing a common language, culture and heritage! This could well provide a political advantage to China in their quest for world leadership in today's bi-polar world of East and West!
The BP oil disaster could herald a new chapter of geo-politics in the world.
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