> I think the public backlash against BP was tremendous. I do wonder if the backlash would've been less if it was an American company though. Or at least a les

> I think the public backlash against BP was tremendous. I do wonder if the backlash would've been less if it was an American company though. Or at least a less obviously "foreign" company. There did seem to also be plenty of blame to go around with local contractors etc, but they seem to have escaped the backlash - or at least had a public narrative absolving them.