Are Americans now observing a dramatic government breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico? Continuing our global coverage of the unfolding oil crisis, columnist Uwe Schmitt of Germany’s Die Welt writes in part:
“Americans have now been forced to look on as the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster exposes the impotence of their government. Policy and environmental agencies have failed, thanks to campaign contributions. Meanwhile citizens no longer even trust that Obama will get the situation under control. … More alarming than BP’s futile attempts to cap the well is the impotence of a superpower that can do no more than offer up prayers, curses and stricter laws.
One thing is clear: The government didn’t fulfill its oversight responsibilities – be it as a result of laxity and negligence brought on by political scheming, or by the sheer incapacity of the authorities to comprehend deepwater drilling in it in all of its technical detail.
Americans now find themselves staring into the abyss of the Mississippi trench and the authorities’ bottomless pit of failure. You don’t have to believe in conspiracy theories on overthrowing the system to detect a chilling similarity with the casino mentality of the bankers on Wall Street.
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