It seems like when something goes wrong we have admirals affixing blame on scapegoats.
2006-10-14 07:15:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Loric: It also seems that Operatin Clickbeetle might have been poorly planned. With the Pueblo at the 12 mile limit with no air cover or escort, there was not much a weakly armed converted auxilarry cargo ship could do to defend its self. I knew one of her former crew members.
2006-10-15 01:25:13 · update #1
Anytime a Navy ship is lost the Captain is courtmartialed. That is regs. The captain of a civilian ship who has a similar strait appears before a court or board of inquiry of the government dept of the country of the ships registry.
Bucher the Captain of the Pueblo should not have been treated the way he was but this was indeed a case of the US government needing a scapegoat for illegally sending the ship into the wrong place.
2006-10-14 19:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. The US Navy has not become the dominant sea power in the world by giving up its ships without firing a shot. The captain is responsible for all ship does and fails to do.
2006-10-14 14:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by darling1372003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they shouldn't have. What they should've done was perform a rescue operation and attack North Korea. They were the ones who started this mess in the first place.
2006-10-14 07:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by ddey65 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋