To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Share Embed Share URL Video File Node URL Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/74081" allowfullscreen></iframe> Appearing on MSNBC June 10, Newsweek senior editor Jonathan Alter said the Gulf oil spill that began in April 2010 was just like the economy and the Afghanistan war -- a "mess" left to Barack Obama by George W. Bush.