Very witty indeed

But otherwise, a sad and tragic news story. This might eventually make the Exxon Valdez look like a kid's squirt gun. I really feel bad for you guys having to deal with this shit...after Katrina and all.

ALSO: Can someone well-versed in resource allocation explain something to me? Am I supposed to be "impressed" when I read that the US Navy has 1,000 personnel devoted to the clean-up?? Or that the Coast Guard has sent a whoppng 2 (TWO!) C-130 Hercules transports to drop chemicals on the spill?

Last I checked we have over 150,000 US troops in Afghanistan, including numerous specialized Marine Expeditionary Units consisiting of THOUSANDS of trained Marines. We've got whole squadrons of $20 million-per-copy Predator drones flooding the skies over the Paki-Afghan border. With $1 million-dollar Hellfire missiles on each of those $20-million-dollar Predators.
OK, I guess I can be persuaded that Afghanistan is a worthwhile endeavor, even if it's on the other side of the planet and none of us will ever need to set foot anywhere near it.

But meanwhile, we are in the middle of an unprecedented man-made disaster right here in the United States. And all the Federal Government can do is throw a few sailors and a couple of C-130s into the fray? I mean I realize that the US military's main goal is to fight and win wars...but how about using all that SKILL and MANPOWER to protect our very own COASTLINE from this spill....instead of (or in ADDITION to) blowing up barefooted Taliban dudes hiding in their caves.

If we can deploy massive and overwhelming amounts of firepower and thunderous hell on any spot on the planet within 48-hours of a "GO" order...why can't we deploy at least a third of that manpower and firepower to clean up this huge, shitty oil spill right in our own coastal waters? Yes, I agree that Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan can eventually, somehow translate into a blown-up passenger airliner. I get it. I really do. But this oil spill is just as much (if not more) of a threat to our national economy and security. It is capable of inflicting huge losses on the local fishing industry and the fragile eco-system of the Gulf. Am I just being naive here?