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The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has renewed its offer to assist the US in reining in an ecologically disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mehran Alinejad, the head of special drilling operations at NIDC, pointed to the experience gained by Iranian experts in containing huge oil leaks during the eight-year Iraqi-imposed war in the 1980s, and said, "Iranian technical teams have had major achievements in oil well capping and the Gulf of Mexico oil rig is not a great feat in comparison."
"There is, at any rate, an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and its neg
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
Ain't NO FRICKKIN' WAY we'll ever accept Iran's help on this and Iran knows it. However, it's actually a damn good political move on their part. You see American public? Iran's not so bad. Make sure to tell your elected officials not to tear our country apart...
Too bad politics invades everything...
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
It really is a brilliant political move. It shows the world just how wrong the "west" is about Iran.
The propaganda campaign will have to work harder now, although I see no mention of this on any MSM.
~Keeper
Originally posted by proteus33
i say let them try pull bp out cause all they want to do is salvage what oil they can make money off of. i mean they were considering nuking it but seriously something needs to be done quick before atlantic is hit by it
Originally posted by princeofpeace
The US doersnt have to accept the offer. BP is the one responsible for the cleanup and they can accept help from whoever they want.
On that note, i thought Hugo Chavez was a big BP supporter?
[edit on 23-5-2010 by princeofpeace]
Originally posted by paraphi
Mr Obama has made it clear that this is the responsibility of BP, so any further political interference would be very unhelpful and I doubt BP would want a bunch of Iranians getting in the way. I also doubt that Iran has any unique expertise to bring to the table with regards to this problem and the depths involved.
The offer by the state owned National Iranian Drilling Company is political. Games being played for points.
Regards
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
I bet you the US doesn't even respond.