And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes, that may be the USS Roosevelt, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-80. A fine ship by all measures I'm sure. But THIS (in his best Crocodile Dundee voice) is the USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71.
two kinds of ships - subs and targets
ReplyDeleteI wonder what would happen if someone pressed the salvo warning alarm at just that moment......
ReplyDeleteThere would be a whole lot of running, very fast running.
DeleteYes, that may be the USS Roosevelt, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-80. A fine ship by all measures I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteBut THIS (in his best Crocodile Dundee voice) is the USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71.
https://www.debka.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_Yemen_20.4.15.jpg
Ooh ahh! Naval power is an awesome sight.
DeleteThanks, C. W. Fly Navy!
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