Make That TWO Unreasonable Refusals of Help

"I cannot say why they have not accepted the offer. That is a question for the US State Department."

So says the anonymous spokeswoman for the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change. Was she talking about the Obama administration's refusal of Dutch ships equipped with oil skimming equipment on day 3 after the accident? No, she was referring to the fact that we turned down an offer of HALF of the UK's stockpiles of oil dispersant chemicals at their cost price.

So, Hillary, What do you say? Nothing. Alright then.

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That is now representatives of two foreign nations who were trying to help deal with what was obviously an international disaster, days before the President of the USA had said public word #1 on the subject.