Dave Shutter
Registered User
Got his off of Carrier Aviation News, an unofficial site, and I haven't heard it anywhere else, so I don't know how concrete it is.
quote:November 1st: The Suez canal has been put off limits to all US Navy ships. No ships have past through it since October 12. Most ships will now have to pass the Cape adding a week to the voyage. It will also pose problems when switching assests between the Med and the Gulf.
Now I understand why this would be put in affect in the wake of the Cole bombing. Keeping ship out of canals and straits like the Suez where they may be vunerable sounds like a good idea, but isn't that the whole goal of bombings like the Cole and other terrorist attacks against US military assets overbroad in the first place, to dictate through violent attacks where we can and can't go?
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quote:November 1st: The Suez canal has been put off limits to all US Navy ships. No ships have past through it since October 12. Most ships will now have to pass the Cape adding a week to the voyage. It will also pose problems when switching assests between the Med and the Gulf.
Now I understand why this would be put in affect in the wake of the Cole bombing. Keeping ship out of canals and straits like the Suez where they may be vunerable sounds like a good idea, but isn't that the whole goal of bombings like the Cole and other terrorist attacks against US military assets overbroad in the first place, to dictate through violent attacks where we can and can't go?
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