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Max2147 · 03-13-09, 09:27 AM

You have to wonder where the orders came from to harass the ship. I think it was JFK who made the comment "There's always some son of a b*tch who doesn't get the memo" after a U2 was shot down over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was right - the Soviet commander on the ground was acting without authorization.

This incident with China sounds like a similar case. Some local commander got a bit too big for his boots, and the higher ups in the PLAN have turned a blind eye to it until now.

03-13-09, 09:27 AM	#29
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You have to wonder where the orders came from to harass the ship. I think it was JFK who made the comment "There's always some son of a b*tch who doesn't get the memo" after a U2 was shot down over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was right - the Soviet commander on the ground was acting without authorization. This incident with China sounds like a similar case. Some local commander got a bit too big for his boots, and the higher ups in the PLAN have turned a blind eye to it until now.