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To: Bobibutu
We should have supported CDR. Butcher long ago - and prevented this in the first place - now we have the Brits and Iran.

Right on the money. Boucher was made LBJ and McNamara's scape goat. Boucher raised concerns about the ships E.D. capabilities as well. It's darn near impossible to scuttle a U.S. Navy ship. It's even harder when you don't have the means to do so nor destroy classified material in a reasonable time frame.

Although the man IIRC has since passed the Navy owes Boucher a major apology and the history books need to condemn all responsible for ordering that ship there to start with knowing it was a trap.

Two ships within months of each other under attack. One Ships Captain gets rewarded the other a Court Martial. Both situations were likely a direct result of the doings of one Lyndon Baines Johnson.

8 posted on 03/31/2007 10:59:21 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Kool Aid! The popular American favorite drink now Made In Mexico. Pro-Open Borders? Drink Up!)
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To: cva66snipe

Woah! Where did you come from?

ROGER THAT!


11 posted on 03/31/2007 11:03:27 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: cva66snipe

I still remember the report of him throwing his coffee cup across the deck when he became aware of the NK gunboat bearing down on him.


13 posted on 03/31/2007 11:06:25 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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