U.S. aircraft carrier heads for Korean waters

Reuters ^ | 11/24/10 | Jack Kim and Lee Jae-won

[Bokababe]

(Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier group set off for Korean waters on Wednesday, a day after North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island, in a move likely to enrage Pyongyang and unsettle its ally, China.....

[milagro]

Thank you for posting this--it was my husband's favorite hymn. And one of mine, too, from the time I was a kid watching "Navy Log". (Yeah--I'm OLD!)IIRC--when there was a particulary sad episode, they would play this hymn rather than the regular show's theme song (I still remember the tune)--and it so moved me. Just as did so many of the episodes of "Victory at Sea". How powerful a message those shows gave--of a nation PROUD of being a defender of freedom.

Now the history our kids are taught is so biased against this view of American exceptionalism that they think our leaders are being "noble" when they become weak-kneeded apologists for appeasement.

"Lord have mercy!"

[Vaquero]

Maybe an NK sub will mysteriously “disappear” while stalking the aircraft carrier...

or vice versa if Obambams rules of engagement are enforced.

[kbennkc]

May the Lord protect the 5500 souls of America's finest who sail with the USS George Washington.

[joe fonebone]

"Obama’s delayed response to this incident of “outrage” is uncharacteristic and somewhat puzzling."
See carter, jimmy, and the iranian hostage situation for clarification....

[EQAndyBuzz]

I see Hillary at the dinner table saying “it truly is a Thanksgiving”

[Vaquero]

Maybe an NK sub will mysteriously “disappear” while stalking the aircraft carrier...

what happens to US Ships, when Dhimmicrats are in office

and then WE appologize

[N. Theknow]

Is that the Hawaiian Good Luck Greeting on the flight deck?

Oh, wait. Tag says it was on arrival in Japan.

Konichiwa!

[UCANSEE2]

I was joking. The President should know. Especially with as many advisors as he has. And it’s too cold to be out playing golf.

Thanks for laying out the details of what responses he has made.

[jesseam]

Thank You.

[Vaquero]

ah....sorry....

I sometimes look for one of these

[newzjunkey]

May the Lord protect the 5500 souls of America's finest who sail with the USS George Washington.

Amen.

[newzjunkey]

Appropriate, if slow, response by O.

[UCANSEE2]

No ‘sorry’ even needed.

I could have been serious, and it could have been true.

I was remiss in adding a simple (/s)

[UCANSEE2]

Appropriate, if slow, response by O.

That's what happens when you have to wait for three women to tell you what to do.

[UCANSEE2]

You are proof no one reads anyone else’s tagline.

: )

[mmanager]

Time to kill ‘em all. We have f*cked around with these people for 55 years. This is a war worth fighting for.

[metmom]

ping

[Bokababe]

IMHO, we should have gotten the hell out of there years ago, and turned defense over to the S. Koreans -- BTW, the same South Koreans who basically told us to go "f" ourselves a few weeks ago on a trade deal.

Now, we've got to do something or look like we have no stones whatever -- even if it is just some show of bravado.

But if this ends peacefully -- and I pray it does -- time to come home and let S. Korea -- and China -- deal with their insane N. Korean neighbor. There is no potential "win" in this part of the world for us by attacking N. Korea, only potential losses -- when we can least afford it.

[ichabod1]

Morris said it was 2 1/2 years before Clinton even CONSIDERED making a foreign policy decision. And he was at least TRYING to be a good president.

[ichabod1]

That hymn was one of my top favorites as a child, and it remains so today. Sends chills up my spine, it does.