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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
THey probably didn't shoot to avoid an international incident too. Change the date to today, and I can gurantee they would shoot! No one expected what happened to the Cole, so no one was prepared for it.
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No they weren't prepared. Thats why the Commander got took off the Captains list.
I'll tell you why they didn't shoot. One of the bombers was someone who had made some delivery to the ship earlier in the day. Thats why the guard let the boat get closer. When he finally figured out something was wrong it was too late.
That's why you have Standard Operating Procedures and stick to them.