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John Gaquin wrote:
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........if you can get
close enough to one of the missle frigates or destroyers, (and you're
willing to martyr yourself for whatever cause)....................

....or, if your objective is to attract international attention and make
the
US Navy look like the bullying oppressor, the broadcast whores will be
happy
to assist you.

Do you believe that incidents like this should be deliberately
suppressed?

It wouldn't be ridiculous to conclude that the original source of this
story to the wire services was probably the Navy itself, (who else was
out there?), and in that case the Navy must have evaluated the pros and
cons of publicly releasing this information.

The accounts I have seen all state that the suicidal maniacs in the
small boats fired first. Not a smart move. If you fire at a warship,
it's hard to characterize the crew as bullying opperssors when your
boat gets vaporized in return.


There was a time, not too long ago, when the US military had to operate with
kid gloves on in fear of starting an international incident or for concerns
of the world's reactions. The standing orders of today are appropriate. If
fired upon, destroy them.

RCE