Possibly not a great one. The mission to build a floating pier off Gaza
isn't going well Beege Welborn hopes it will be at least a helpful wake-up call.
What this exercise attempting to cross the Atlantic has proven is that we may not need tankers. Our poorly maintained and continually neglected naval vessels, be they Navy or Army, may not be capable of making it to the conflict to begin with.
If someone watching this circus unfold wakes the hell up realizing we are in one hell of a self-inflicted hurt locker and starts to yank chains to immediately effect change?
Then, this crackpot pier idea will be that blessing in disguise.
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The most alarming part of that story is that they stood down the SEEBEES unit.
I hope that the concept that this will lead to reform and improvement is accurate, but I doubt that it is. The Afghanistan debacle has not improved anything. There seems to be no accountability, and no capacity to make these old systems work better. Everything is broken.
Well, the Navy has an army (Marines). Seems equitable.
Also has serious echoes of the 1930s.
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