BP Offshore Oil Rig Exposion

It seems suspect to me that shortly after Obama allows expanded Atlantic Offshore Drilling the Gulf Coast experiences one of the worst rig disasters in over 2 decades.

Also, here a few other points that seem suspect as well:

1. Modern offshore oil rigs have several redundant safety devices to prevent such disasters
2. it was reported there was 2 explosions, the second was large and powerful enough to cause toe rig and platform to MELT into the Gulf
3. the unmanned submarine sent down is unable to find the shutoff valve, required to be in place before pumping can begin to prevent such disasters
4. the safety devices located at the wellhead (5,000 underwater on the Gulf floor) are missing

We have to wait and see what the investigation finds before making any true inferences.