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US Demands Return Of 1968 Seized Warship From North Korea
Marine Insight ^ | 1/27/2023 | Staff

Posted on 01/28/2023 11:14:31 AM PST by MAGA2017

Last week, the US sought from North Korea the return of the navy ship USS Pueblo which they seized on January 23, 1968. The House passed a resolution to get the vessel back after 55 years.

The US has maintained its position in the matter, terming the decision to seize the ship and its crew illegal as per international law, highlighting the vessel is the property of the US, and they want it to be returned.

Meanwhile, in a report published by Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s official newspaper, the country has vowed to wipe out the US land, not just an airfield or port, if the USS Pueblo enters the country’s water again.

(Excerpt) Read more at marineinsight.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: northkora; pueblo; seized; ship
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1 posted on 01/28/2023 11:14:31 AM PST by MAGA2017
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To: MAGA2017

A fight not worth fighting. Will do no good but WILL give the North Koreans something more to irritate us over, much to their delight.


2 posted on 01/28/2023 11:16:21 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

I agree. I wish they never got their hands on it but we have many bigger and more urgent problems now.


3 posted on 01/28/2023 11:19:54 AM PST by MAGA2017
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

Exactly. Totally stupid move from here.


4 posted on 01/28/2023 11:20:17 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MAGA2017

“Warship”??

Since when are electronic intelligence ships called that?

The thing is probably barely worth scrap at this point.


5 posted on 01/28/2023 11:20:25 AM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: doorgunner69

Scuttle it.


6 posted on 01/28/2023 11:22:14 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MAGA2017
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
7 posted on 01/28/2023 11:24:52 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: MAGA2017

Maybe we can demand the Iranians return our “lost” drone.

Maybe we can demand the Russians return the captured Abrams tank, too. What? They don’t yet have a captured Abrams tank?


8 posted on 01/28/2023 11:26:32 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

I was there that night and had Lyndon Johnson gave the order the us Air Force could have escorted that ship out of that area.


9 posted on 01/28/2023 11:26:53 AM PST by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: MAGA2017

I’ve heard the North Koreans have made the Pueblo a tourist attraction.

It’s certainly not worth getting into military action to retrieve the ship.

I have to refresh my memory of the Pueblo incident, and President Johnson’s actions at the time. It certainly seemed to be an act of war, but the North Koreans released the crew while keeping the ship in the end. Interesting how that happened.


10 posted on 01/28/2023 11:28:21 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

And we are wasting our time with this why?


11 posted on 01/28/2023 11:29:19 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: MAGA2017

Hey Look Squirrel!


12 posted on 01/28/2023 11:34:57 AM PST by Ben Dover
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To: MAGA2017

Apparently, the GOP will expand its usual circle jerk to include ancient foreign policy matters...

What have they done about addressing our lost freedoms & liberties?


13 posted on 01/28/2023 11:35:12 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: Sacajaweau

“And we are wasting our time with this why?”

Headline is misleading. Read the article.


14 posted on 01/28/2023 11:36:20 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: FreedomPoster

Click-nait headline.


15 posted on 01/28/2023 11:37:11 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“It’s certainly not worth getting into military action to retrieve the ship.”

Why do you mention military action?


16 posted on 01/28/2023 11:38:34 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: gundog
"Nice boat ya got there. Be a shame if there was a mysterious fire and it sank."


17 posted on 01/28/2023 11:38:34 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: MAGA2017

When they towed it from the Sea of Japan side, completely around the peninsula in 1999 to Pyongyang, was the golden chance. It was a US Ship in international waters. We should have seized it or sunk it then.
In October 1999, she was towed from Wonsan on the east coast, around the Korean Peninsula, to the port of Nampo on the west coast. This required moving the vessel through international waters.

But we had Bill Clinton in the White House.


18 posted on 01/28/2023 11:38:49 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: MAGA2017

Do we plan to give it to Ukraine?


19 posted on 01/28/2023 11:39:07 AM PST by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: TexasGator

Because I was wondering how anyone suggests us getting the ship back. We probably have asked in the past, the North Koreans apparently like having that ship and won’t give it back voluntarily. So I wondered what exactly we would do if we are “demanding” return of the ship, per the headline.


20 posted on 01/28/2023 11:48:26 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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