Commander of USS Cole fails to make Captain

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I disagree with this one since that this may be the case, but an attacking craft like the one used was impossible to stop with simple armed guards. Unlike Hollywood, people still live for up to 20 seconds with their heart ripped out. THe Red Baron was shot and still managed to land his plane, and even have a conversation with the soldiers that ran up after, even though his heart was disintegrated. This is a suicide attack - it cannot be stopped with a man holding an M-16. Tell that to the IED victims in Iraq - same situation. You cannot defend against it properly. This is to say every one of these IED victims is their fault!

-S

Since the guard/s didn't shoot we'll never know will we?