Yes, I often send a fully-armed guided missile destroyer on my humanitarian missions!
*I am surprised that the USS Comfort isn’t in this 3 ship task force, though.
Anyway, Bush rocks for standing firm with Georgia!
The Turkish would not let US Hospital ships in because their tonnage would exceed the passage tonnage granted to nations that do not border the Black Sea. Its explained in the link about the Spanish and German aid ships.
A little birdy told me this might be in the Black Sea....
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I knew it was a great idea myself. Thanks for the laugh!!
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