[cbozeman]

Even military action to affect successful extraction is worthwhile.

Every thing has a cost. Everything. Its very simple calculus really. What will be the short-term, medium-term, and long-term damage in dollars and lives of allowing this ship to break apart?

What will be the equivalent of using military action - if necessary?

Either decision will cost dollars. Either decision will cost lives. We either pay up front, or we pay down the road, but we will pay. We need to determine the cheaper cost and steel ourselves to pay it.

[nradov]

And which countries should conduct that military action?