As if the diabolical accident itself was
bad enough, where 10 sailors are reported to be missing, despite dawn
helicopters searching in vain, why keep the same lie I reported on when the
Fitzgerald accident occurred a few months ago.
It is sad that this ship is named after
Cancer striken Senator John McCain’s father and grandfather, both Admirals in
the US Navy, and having to keep all the relatives in suspense is even worse. I gather
ship has docked in Singapore and common sense would dictate that, immediately
the automatic doors that shut be checked for the dead sailors. I said last time
that the sailors had NOT falled overboard and they were inside the ship when
they were sacrificed for the safety of the ship, from being sunk along with the
others.
Why cant we call a spade a spade and say
the Navy had to sacrifice 10 lives of those possibly in the compartments next
to the accident that had to be closed off and sealed to prevent the ship going
down. So effectively they were drowned by the Navy and not by the accident
itself, in order to save the ship and possibly the other 300+ hands on board.
It is this sort of misinformation that
again calls into question the PR of the US Govt in not wanting to be truthful
and allow the information ONLY to gradually seep out. Just think about it the
families on Shore are being informed as we speek of the tragedy and who is
missing. I hope so at least. Those missing are of course presumed dead and this
must be said now rather than bull shitting on hope that they may be found
alive.
This ship was of the Pacific Fleet based
in Yokohama and the ship was on its way to Singapore when the accident happened.
It is simply unacceptable that a sophisticated warship of this caliber can be
so easily caught in an accident, due to the various measures taken in peacetime
to prevent just these sorts of accidents from happening.
Heads will roll in time once the
investigations are made and the reports given to the top brass of culpability.
It is however simply wrong to treat the sailors who died as fodder but as
heroes who gave their lives so that others may live and be honored so. No one
will want to join the US Navy if they cant be trusted to do the basic human
thing on behalf of this unfortunate sailors, and keeping everyone in suspense
hoping they will turn up is the wrong strategy to publicize.
Lets hope that if they did not learn
from the Fitzgerald they will learn from the John S McCain that lives matter no
matter what rank one is in.
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