I believe they can break the company up and save the profitable part and bankrupt the non- profitable part. For the British, BP may be their AIG: too big to fail. Their pensioners have a lot of money invested in BP. I can see some of the campaign ads now with the oil coated dead and dying wildlife, the ruined and shuttered businesses. This is going to be the gift that will keep on giving to some who want to use this against the current people in charge. I think it will be like certain sections of New Orleans, ghost towns abandoned by the owners who went out of business. This is a horrible tragedy for the country.