By G5
The McCain suffered a steering failure as the warship was beginning its approach into the Strait of Malacca, causing it to collide with a commercial tanker,
The USN 7th Fleet is currently in ‘operational pause’.
Does that mean that Russia, China, or North Korea are going to misbehave while the policeman is out of the room? Or does it mean that the policeman is in fact the problem.
After a very eventful and ideologically delusional two-year stint — on 23/8/2017 — the Harvard graduate, Admiral Joseph Aucoin, was sacked (relieved/removed) from Command of The USN 7th. Fleet. It followed what Admiral John Richardson (Commander of USN Operations) referred to as — ‘at least four accidents in The Pacific this year’.
He went on to cover, what is known, by narratives of ‘errors and incorrect judgements’. He even ventured further into the void by touting ‘the possibilities of Cyber Intrusions’.
Everything is somebody else’s fault.
In the Talking Points concerning The Aucoin Affair we have even been delivered a comparison to ‘The al Qaeda claimed’ USS Cole (DDG-67) Incident of 12/10/2000.
Al Qaeda ‘claimed’ nothing concerning The USS Cole False Flag. I have written previously about The Barbara Bodine Affair and the demonising of The FBI Operatives who exposed that False Flag.
The USN 7th Fleet is based at the 579-acre Yokosuka Peninsula in Tokyo Bay — 30 miles from Tokyo. Its carrier, The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), described as ‘Forward Positioned’, is at dock at Yokosuka. A radiation leak? This has not been discussed.
The Fleet variously comprises 60 vessels, 140 aircraft, and a total complement of some 20,000 personnel. But the ‘official’ numbers don’t gel. The same crews are used in more than one ship — while some ships are docked or ‘Hull Swaps’ are conducted. The USN is not as large as advertised.
The Trump Armada Affair made known that the Pentagon media office had no idea of what ships were where — or how long it takes ships to be repositioned — even if ‘Crash Sailed’. The American Intel Community were even further disengaged.
The USS Ronald Reagan was one of the three carriers that were part of the rolling narrative concerning Trump’s Armada to The Korean Peninsula. All of which was nonsense. Two were tied up and the third was playing War Games.
It was followed by the diversionary earth removing exercise in Afghanistan — the alleged ‘Mother of All Bombs’. [ABC report] It in turn was followed by a Russian effort that left the West’s eyes watering. [Vladimir Putin revealed a much bigger bomb in his arsenal — the Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power — is already being dubbed the ‘Father Of All Bombs’.]
(L) Mother, and (R) Father of all bombs
All of which followed the unprovoked Act of War attack on Shayrat Airfield — to cover the Khan Sheikhoun War Crime [the chemical attack]. The attack on Shayrat caused virtually no damage. Of the 98 Tomahawks that took to air, some 35 (more or less) reached the target, damaging fuel and munition supplies.
Although repairs had been conducted and Shayrat was operational within 48 hours, the Syrian Air Force assets were moved to the Russian Airbase at Khmeimim, Latakia. It being most unlikely that the US Military would strike a Russian Airbase.
Shayrat was the opportunity to fire off the Tomahawks, from the two US cruisers in The Mediterranean. Note: although regarded as not to be replaced — Tomahawks do appear on the current Pentagon Defence Appropriation List.
In February 2017, Aucoin spoke at The US Naval Institute ‘West 2017’ convention. He was talking up North Korea, and a pending confrontation on the Korean Peninsula. He seems to have been consuming MSM and excluded from the reality suites.
After Aucoin took command in 2015, chargedowns became a prominent tactic. True history seems to have been excluded from the Cognitive Bias Belief System of senior US Military.
China ordered its freighters to hold fast — amidships if possible — to the USN.
For the USN, ‘Accident’ sounds better than Unprovoked Acts of War or even War Crimes.
On 31/1/2017 The USS Antietam (CG-54) ran aground in Tokyo Bay, near its port of Yokosuka. It was claimed that the ship dragged its anchor. This is an armed and constantly manned ship of war.
On 9/5/2017 The USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) rammed a South Korean fishing vessel, off The Korean Peninsula. It was claimed that the USN ship accidentally collided, while it was underway on a routine operation in international waters. It attempted to contact the fishing vessel, but it apparently lacked a radio, and ignored the USN ship’s emergency whistle. And pigs can fly.
On 10/11/2007, the Champlain suffered an explosion while docked at San Diego, California. An affair concerning the demonizing of a whistle-blower ensued. In 1988 photographs of the ship reveal part of its hurricane bow missing. Could The Champlain be just one of those accident prone vessels?
On 17/6/2017, the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) rammed the Philippine flagged container ship, MV ACX Crystal, off Yokosuka. The Fitzgerald’s repair bill is expected to be greater than that of the admitted $250 million for The Cole. It was claimed that; ‘The Bridge Team lost situation awareness’. The drinking water needs to be checked.
On 20/8/2017; the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) rammed the Liberian flagged merchant ship, The MC Alnic, in The Singapore Strait.
On 26/6/1993, the USS Chancellorsville was involved in the hoax assassination attempt of GHWB while he was allegedly poncing Iraq.
On 17/11/2013, the ship launched a BQM-74E drone in a test off Port Mugu, California. The alleged unarmed drone returned and collided with the ship. It was then docked for 6 months and suffered $30 million damage.
The British Trident Accident (about which I have written) is a repeat performance.
On 5/12/2013, the USS Cowpens decided to challenge The Chinese Aircraft Carrier Lioaning in The South China Sea. After refusing Chinese Navy orders to leave the area, The Cowpens was charged down by a Chinese support vessel while a Chinese amphibious vessel moved and stopped in front of The USN ship. The Cowpens managed to escape.
I doubt The USN will attempt a repeat performance. When carefully viewed, The US Military is not taken seriously. Which brings NATO to mind.
As The Pentagon complains of Chinese, ‘aggression‘ and ‘provocation’ when its aircraft are chased away, The Cowpens Incident was referred to as Chinese ‘reckless behaviour’.
On 23/10/2012 The USS Montpelier (SSN-765) collided with The USS San Jacinto (CG-56), off the north east coast of Florida. $70 million damage to The Montpelier and $11 million to The San Jacinto, was admitted. The radiation leak was not discussed.
There have been many instances in The Persian Gulf, The Russian Barents Sea, The Philippine Sea, The China Sea, and The Sea of Japan — of USN ‘mishaps’.
With the repair bills mounting, it could be cheaper to leave them tied up, fiddled on the registers (USS Toledo, USS Memphis etc.), sunk (USS Forrestal etc.), or ignored (USS Donald Cook etc.).
G5 is what my Mom would have called “a hot ticket.”
At least the USS John S. McCain was well named. It is a disaster as is the two legged John McCain. He had a record of “accidents” while in the Service. One of which not only did he write off his plane but killed several ship mates as well, all in the act of showing off.
If the US Navy was grounded, it would certainly save nations around the World a lot of money. For one, there would be a lot fewer conflicts.
McCain did what is termed a ‘wet start’ on the carrier. Lots of flame from the rear roasting those behind and setting off muntions and missiles. Heaps were killed and injured.
Lucky his old man was an admiral with past influence, able to cover the USS Liberty murders by Israel in 1967.
It all seems very unfair to sailors.
They should protest.
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The cost of war is a paid act thanks to the generosity of socialism, all paid by the taxpayer.
G5,
Where can I find the film; ‘Keystone Sailors’?
Even if silent and in black and white.