[DiogenesLamp]

All of the ships had armaments. If you were a cop responding to a kidnapping or bank robbery would you ride in an Uber?

Because gunboats are exactly what you send on a grocery run.

Lincoln was lying his @$$ off when he sent that letter to Pickens saying no attempt to reinforce the fort would be made.

He had already launched the ships!

[rockrr]

Because gunboats are exactly what you send on a grocery run.

No, they aren't. But they're exactly what a nation sends when one of its fortifications are being put at risk.

But then, you don't really care about protecting this nation, do you?