This cartoon was in the Chicago Tribune in 1934. Look carefully at  the plan of action in the lower left hand corner. Its unfortunate how we repeat history.

For some reason the US is not accepting help from 12 countries and the United Nations to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf. The Cable reports that the state department refused to tell reporters about this until later. I wonder if the State Department could inlightus as to why they decided not [...]