And didn’t want to get blown up had the small patrol boat been a big IED.
We’d all like to see these guys get cut in half by the Navy ship, but political sensibilities probably negate doing that unless the provocation is severe.
That said, an unarmed US Navy vessel in the Gulf without an escort might not be the best plan.
Agreed. One of these days, though.
In my mind, we still owe them a shot to the chops big time for the Hostage Crisis.
And I think we owe the North Koreans as well for the USS Pueblo. My dad was an acquaintance of CDR Bucher, and my dad was the Security and Communications officer at Yokosuka when that all happened (We didn’t see him for the better part of two weeks IIRC) so if I had my way...