This is just what anyone would expect from their military, just a shame all that effort wasn't made for several days after the event. I don't know what the US press are saying but most people on this side of the pond wonder how to reconcile the apalling lack of government (both local and federal) support with the claim that you are such 'an amazing and successful country'. Why are there still teams of 'rescue 'workers refusing to recover the bodies from the water? What is the environmental impact on the Gulf Of Mexico from pumping millions of gallons of heavily polluted water into it (and does anyone care)?