To: uncbuck; Station 51
I'm even later.
The Maine sunk when it's boiler exploded, un-aided by the Spanish.
I think it's spelled "Hearst".
To: <1/1,000,000th%
That is still disputed speculation. Navy department, and independent experts have recently reviewed the available information, which is surprisingly extensive considering, and have come up with an interior explosion theory AND an external explosion theory.
I forget which Naval Institute Proceedings issue from 1998 it is in, but there is an article with the latest theories.
I have no theory which I favor, but suffice it to say, the Maine blew up, and not one theory blames the Hurst Oganization for it.
The Hurst Organization DID 'bite' on the theory, like Monica on Clinton, that it was a Spanish Conspiracy, and did 'whip up' the winds of war, again like Monica on Clinton. BUT they DID NOT actually blow up the Maine.
I would also agree that Fox News is also 'hawkish'. But that does not make them 'bad people'.
170 posted on
03/07/2003 7:38:13 AM PST by
uncbuck
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