I don’t know if you saw my earlier post...my dad was an acquaintance of CDR Bucher (my mom once said “...a drinking buddy...”
To this day, I harbor an animus towards North Korea for what they did the the Pueblo and her men.
Bucher was screwed by the Navy. It is those things that I dislike about the Naval Service. (Of course now it is a complete mess. Effing Gender and GLBT Sensitivity Training.)
And I also think we should drop several dozen MK84’s right on the position of the USS Pueblo in Wonsan Harbor. Put that ship out of its misery.
Agree with all you said, except for the bombing mission. Would be best if a few SEAL’s took a leisurely midnight swim into Wanson and left a couple of ‘items’, set for noon, attached to the hull. Maybe even leave something floating in the water with IRAN or SYRIA marked on it.