Send military to fight oil spill, Florida senator urges Obama - to bomb spill back to Stone Age

[jpak]

not really - but just as stupid....

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/02/gulf.oil.sen.military/

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson formally asked President Barack Obama Wednesday to consider "more fully involving the Department of Defense" to beef up the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a letter obtained by CNN.

Last week, Nelson told CNN that if the "top kill" operation to stem the oil leak did not work, the president must not only take more control, but use the military to do so. In the letter, Nelson urges the president to enlist the military to "augment the massive public and private response to the growing oil spill in the Gulf."

"While the Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard both are involved, it is my belief that the broader assets and command and control capability of the Department of Defense could better translate your directives into prompt, effective action," Nelson wrote.

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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN on Sunday he did not think there is "anything obvious" for the military to do beyond the current support role.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. Hey, if it gets troops out of their Afgh/Iraq deployments, I'm sure they'd love to go.

Not sure what they can do--they're not oil experts. And if they need grunt-type cleanup help, they'd do better hiring the UNEMPLOYED MASSES to do that. Military guys already have paychecks. Put regular people to work.