Gulf Oil Spill

I have waited for quite some time to weigh in on the gulf oil spill in order to try to avoid the emotions of the event and give my logical opinion. Here is what we know to be fact at this time: The oil from the well is going to impact the area for years to come.
Here is the question of the day. Is this President Obama's Katrina? Lets compare the two events, One being the Katrina hurricane and two, being the oil disaster.
With Katrina, the hurricane wipped through a very large area of the gulf area of the United States and left thousands of miles of disaster, and then it was gone. All that was left was disaster relief and clean up. People waited for weeks to be rescued from the Super Dome. FEMA took a week just to make an appearance and was not prepared to handle the very thing they are charged with doing, providing disaster relief.
With the Oil spill, the Coast Guard (A government agency) was on scene withing hours fighting the fire and has not left the scene since. The oil spill has never gone away, it remains in the gulf, leaking oil. To compare the two, hurricane katrina would have needed to remain in the region spinning its disaster for weeks while rescue operations were being attempted.
The coast Guard deals primarily with rescues, and are ill equipped to stop an oil well leak. By the way, most people, including you, I , and the President of the Unites States , do not have the know how to stop an oil gusser a mile deep on the ocean floor. So who is best equipped to handle this. Logically, it would, and should be the oil companies. They do this type of stuff for a living. It would be irresponsible for President Obama to rush in take control and then have to say, "Now what do we do". On the other hand President Bush should have rushed in, taken control (Via the appropriate government agency of course) and then "Now What do we do?" is an easily answered question.
There is no comparison between the complexities of the two disasters, so there cannot be an apples to apples comparison to the responses. Just for the record, I do not believe either president is responsible for rushing into a disaster and solving the problem. These are the actions which are and should be reserved for the appropriate agencies or businesses who are charged with these duties. FEMA (Its Top Director) is responsible for the poor reaction to katrina and BP is responsible for the oil spill and cleanup.
As for the cleanup, and all the fuss about spoiled beaches. We have equipment to clean them up. We have ways to address the spilled oil, and clean the beaches, it will just take some time. Yes, we will see horrific images of dying wildlife, which will tug at our heart strings and cause us to give money to fradulent charities, but we will get past that sooner than you think.We all just need to be patient and let this all play out.
As for the current plan. BP is capping the pipe temporarily and collecting oil, while two other drill platforms drill into the well to close off the well. Yeah right. I have not heard anyone address this issue yet, so I will be the first to make this prediction. BP has a well on there hands which is such a rich find, that they cannot contain the flow of oil. Do you think they are going to cap the well and float away. I do not think so. Have you asked yourself, "Why do they need two drills to drill and intercept the well pipe? The answer is simple, In my opinion, BP has already done the math and believes the oil field has to much pressure for one oil rig, (which is why it exploded) but two rigs will be able to manage the collection of oil. BP intends to meet up with the well pipe, and open both wells as new platforms and continue to manage the well. I will say it again - BP has no intention of capping this well, they intend to use the two new platforms to continue collecting oil, for as long as this well will allow.
While we all are looking at the disaters on the shores, I believe BP is building two new rigs to float out and use to manage the well for years to come. There will be no well capping.
Just my opinion. Time will tell.