To: dcwusmc
Yes, I served in the 1/1 Armored Cavalry, Americal Division, Republic of Vietnam, I CORPS, 1968-69.
I would still say: DO NOT COME NEAR OUR SHIPS OR RISK BEING SHOT DOWN.
What part of RISK is unclear to you?
70 posted on
06/04/2008 3:03:15 PM PDT by
onedoug
To: onedoug; dcwusmc
What part of RISK is unclear to you? Let me repeat. It is in international waters and international airspace. They have every legal right to be there. What part of that do you have problems understanding?
To: onedoug
To shoot down an aircraft NOT engaged in a hostile act IS AN ACT OF WAR. Period, end of discussion. Under the Rules of Engagement our Navy must follow in peace time (and all other times when NOT in an active combat zone), SHIP'S CAPTAINS (OR BATTLE GROUP COMMANDERS) ARE NOT ALLOWED TO START WARS. Sorry to be the one to break that news to you, you being another Vietnam Vet and all. But you do need to study the rules of war before you make statements like that.
73 posted on
06/04/2008 4:21:30 PM PDT by
dcwusmc
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