US navy vessel remains prized trophy for North Korea, 37 years on (USS Pueblo)

Yahoo.com ^ | Sun Apr 10,12:04 AM | AFP

[Chi-townChief]

Why we never destroyed this thing is beyond me.

[Cicero]

This was not a golden moment in American history.

[doug from upland]

A Pueblo survivor spoke to my Kiwanis club last year. It was utterly fascinating.

[I got the rope]

Hmmm...I wonder who was President in 1968? Was he a Democrat?

[Fast1]

This is why we are perceived as weak. that was an act of war and the retaliation should of been dramatic!

[RightWhale]

Still bobbing on the waves.
Why?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Let them keep their trophy. It'll be a reminder to them if we decide to "do an Iraq" on them.

[WoofDog123]

"although they later said they only did so because of pressure from the North Koreans."

What kind of journalism is this? They have clearly documented that they were tortured, beaten, etc., routinely.

[DnPRK]

The Norks towed it from the east coast to the west coast back in the 1990s. President Clinton's administration refused to intercept it while it was off the South Korean coast. It continues to be the Nork's premier propaganda piece.

[spetznaz]

Prisoner of War ....for 37 years.

Then:

Now:

[MisterRepublican]

Yes, you'd almost think Lyndon Baines Johnson wasn't even president during the 60s.

[coconutt2000]

I was born in a hospital named after that liberal...

(I'm not going to finish the sentence.)

[jpl]

They have clearly documented that they were tortured, beaten, etc., routinely.

And to add insult to injury, when they finally made it home, some of the higher-ups tried to get the CO court-martialed.

[SoCalPol]

The Pueblo was based here in San Diego.
In the early 90s I got to shake hands with
its skipper Lloyd Bucher.
I remember when the crew returned here and
were all taken up the street from me to the
Navy Hosp.

[jdm]

President Johnson looked a bit like Jacques Chirac.

[Joee]

I recall the incident well. I was serving a tour of duty at FMF Pacific at Camp Smith, Hawaii. As was the custom, the Marine Corps Band played a serenade prior to "colors." It started with a lively rendition of "Don't Give Up the Ship." The Marine Color Guard started to raise the flag as the National Anthem was played, only to find the lanyards were reversed and the flag started to go up "upside down." These things occurred before the Pueblo incident was know, about an hour later. There were some other reactions, but while the whole event caused alarm, there was some directed humor too.

[rmmcdaniell]

Hmmm...I wonder who was President in 1968? Was he a Democrat?

Maybe he was the same guy who let the chinesse steal one of our planes. OOPS, wrong...that was Bush who let that happen

[stylin19a]

I still think the Pueblo should have been scuttled. Absent that, we should have (and should today) taken the Pueblo out.

[injin]

how about sending a remote control mini-sub in after it.
park it next to the hull underwater and Blammo!
We don't know a thing about it......

[AmericanInTokyo]

You may well get your wish after all.

If push comes to shove with Pyongyang over their nukes, and they try anything provocative.