"Doug Reese" <dreese@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Feb 14, 11:06 pm, "Patriot Games" <Crazy_Bast...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Crosslands" <npeter...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> > But Thurlow did not deny Kerry's boat did not aid in the PCF 3
rescue.
>> > Kerry's boat was the one which sailed by and then returned.
>> Make no mistake, I don't like Kerry at all. (But I mostly no longer
give
>> a
>> **** since he ruined any future chances he had a national office.)
>> However, Kerry's actions in that incident were perfect. His immediate
>> responsibility is to his boat and to his crew. He immediately bugged
>> out,
>> checked the crew for injuries, checked the boat for damage, then jumped
>> right back in.
>> That was exactly the correct thing to do.
> Yes, except that he didn't take off like you think -- or like some
> people think -- depends on exactly what you mean by "bug out".
> We just got off the boats a few minutes earlier, but I know the
> location of the boats in relation to each other, and the layout of the
> river, having lived on it for 8 months.
> I'm sure Kerry surged forward for a moment when all this began. He
> wasn't necessarily aware right away that PCF-3 hit a mine, as that
> boat was far away, and across the river (don't believe the BS about it
> only being 75 yard across) at the time. Kerry also thought his boat
> hit a mine, although it was later thought to actually be a stump, or
> something floating in the river.
> I don't pretend to know how far/long Kerry went forward, but I am
> fairly confident it was only momentary.
So am I.
> John O'Neill, spinning in a
> way only he can, would have you believe Kerry "fled". That is one of
> many reasons I have zero respect for the guy as far as believability
> goes.
Bugged out, left, fled, maneuvered away, WHATEVER.... Its all the same
thing and it was the right thing to do. It would have been absolutely
STUPID to hold station when you don't know if your boat is damaged or not
or
how badly, don't know if your crew is hurt or not or how bad WHILE the bad
guys are getting a better fix on you......
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