subject: How Well Would The American Political Class Have Handled The Chilean Miner Crisis? [print this page] We should applaud the entire Chilean relief effort. It was blessed with able leadership and organization, was quickly implemented, it was well planned out, it considered and acted on allcontingencies, and it considered the human needs including the mental well being of the trapped miners. Our political class reaction to the oil spill was not well led or organized, the effort was long and drawn out, it was not planned out at all, had not considered any contingency planning ahead of time or during the crisis, and disrespected the workers who perished in the explosion.
Fortunately for the miners, they did not work in an American mine, especially this time of year, a year of mid term elections. Our politicians would have left them in order to go home and campaign for their re-election, possibly getting back to thehypothetical trapped minersduring their lame duck session after the elections.
How Well Would The American Political Class Have Handled The Chilean Miner Crisis?
