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Richardson tours captured U.S. warship
The Boston Globe ^
| April 9, 2007
| Foster Klug
Posted on 04/09/2007 5:17:49 PM PDT by amchugh
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To: nomorelurker
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posted on
04/09/2007 7:13:56 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: amchugh
Richardson and Principi should be ashamed to be used as props for the North Koreans. This is contemptible. The USS Pueblo is still carried as a USN commissioned ship on active duty. Are these guys total fools? I hope someone in the GOP raises an uproar. This is f**king unbelievable!!!!
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posted on
04/09/2007 7:13:58 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: rlmorel
The USS Pueblo is still a commissioned ship on active duty in the USN. As a fomer naval officer, I am furious.
63
posted on
04/09/2007 7:16:01 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: kabar
64
posted on
04/09/2007 7:16:53 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: Pistolshot
I’ll say this for Richardson, as far as I know he has walked a fine line with his visits. He has always contacted the administration about them. The admin may not like the visits, but he has not gone against their wishes as did Pelosi.
To: kabar
Richardson and Principi should be ashamed to be used as props for the North Koreans. This is contemptible. The USS Pueblo is still carried as a USN commissioned ship on active duty. Are these guys total fools? I hope someone in the GOP raises an uproar. This is f**king unbelievable!!!!I'm sure there wasn't much they could do about it at the time. From the ABQ Journal story on the visit:
[Richardson] called the Pueblo visit ''a lot of propaganda, but we're guests here.''
Principi, who was a Navy officer at the time of the Pueblo's capture, said it was disconcerting to have something from that era still on display. ''It's very unpleasant to hear the assertion of continued aggression against the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea,'' Principi said.
As I said earlier, this will sting Richardson badly.
To: amchugh
—— him and the horse he rode in on.
67
posted on
04/09/2007 7:30:32 PM PDT
by
LibKill
("RUDY GIULIANI" is just "HILLARY CLINTON" misspelled and wearing a dress.)
To: Ronin
The Pueblo should have been recaptured or destroyed years ago.Bingo
Should have been bombed right where it's tied up.
68
posted on
04/09/2007 7:34:51 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: CedarDave
I'm sure there wasn't much they could do about it at the time. From the ABQ Journal story on the visit:Bullsh*t. They could have cut the tour short right then and there. They should have refused to get out of the car.
As I said earlier, this will sting Richardson badly.
I have sent emails to Senator Warner and Congressman Wolfe. The WH is next. There is absolutely no excuse for this.
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posted on
04/09/2007 7:38:55 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: clintonh8r
Why in the world would a wannabe Presidential candidate let himself be used by N. Korea? This isna’t showing forign policy experience, it’s showing inexperience.
70
posted on
04/09/2007 8:01:14 PM PDT
by
wildbill
To: okie01
It's called fundraising. The Democrats are sure to reap huge contributions from our enemies in this election cycle. I am serious. Indirectly, yes.
To: kabar
I’m with you, kabar. I’m with you 100%.
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posted on
04/09/2007 8:11:57 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: nomorelurker
I just read the article (again) where in the article does it say Richardson was endorsing this?
Richardson had the option to decline. He didn't. Poor form, old chap.
73
posted on
04/09/2007 8:28:35 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
To: CedarDave
As I said earlier, this will sting Richardson badly. IF, it becomes widely known....since he is a dem, the DBM will most likely ignore it.
74
posted on
04/10/2007 5:43:41 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(Waiting impatiently for a conservative party to rise from the ashes of the wimpy republican party.)
To: rlmorel
“Well...she was a ship of the U.S. Navy, and did have two .50 cal machine guns, so that does technically make her a warship.”
LOL I know hermits with more firepower. Heck, my high school homeys had more. Well, in the aggregate. I don’t know why the ADM wanted the weapons stored, those “heavy” weapons were frozen and inoperable. Perhaps he didn’t want to “provoke” the DPRNK. Warship...that’s a good one. :D)
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posted on
04/10/2007 4:07:31 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Nuc1
You are correct. He preferred them to be stowed to avoid a provocation.
76
posted on
04/10/2007 8:13:20 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: rlmorel
Some things never seem to work out.
What happened to CMDR Boucher was sad. That boat had no business going in harms way. I believe I would have done things differently. I probably wouldn't be writing this now.
Later Gator.
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posted on
04/12/2007 5:45:12 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: tet68
Damnd if this isnt an affront, hes toast now. Glad I chose him to be the Dem pres choice months ago. I think this will vault him to prominence in the eyes of the liberals.
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posted on
04/12/2007 5:46:45 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Rudy is a liberal. Anyone who defends him is either a liberal or a liar.)
To: Nuc1
He seemed like a average officer who tried to do the best he could in the circumstances he could.
I wouldn’t blame CDR Bucher or even his superiors for that. I blame the North Korean Communists.
Same as I do for the shootdown of that EC-121 over the Sea of Japan. In my opinion, we owe the North Koreans for both of those incidents.
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posted on
04/12/2007 6:02:14 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
04/13/2007 3:39:52 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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