Yeah right, tell that to Ron Brown and the 34 other people who died in a plane crash over Croatia in 1996.
Tell it to the 4 people who lost their lives in a B-1 bomber crash in Montana 1997.
Tell it to the 6 people who died in the collision of a U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo jet and a German plane off the coast of Africa in 1997.
Tell it to people who died during a mid-air break up of an F-117A stealth fighter at an air show near Baltimore in 1997.
Tell it to people who died during a collision of two Air Force F-16s off the New Jersey coast in 1997.
Tell it to the family membes of a Marine Corps Captain who's F/A-18 crashed in North Carolina 1997.
Tell it to the children of the Naval pilot who's F/A-18 went down in Oman in 1997.
And tell it to the people affected by these Naval Mishaps during Clinton's tenure. And tell it to the former Secretary of the Navy who initiative this unprecedented Naval Stand-down last year.
THE PENTAGON, SEPT. 15, 2000 - For the first time in more than a decade, every ship and submarine in the United States Navy was ordered Friday to stand down and review safety and navigation procedures.
<October 20, 1999
Ship: Underwood
Where: Alexandria, Egypt
Damaged by grounding
* February 16, 2000
Ship: Shreveport
Where: Suez Canal
Ship grounded after loss of power and steering control.
* February 27, 2000
Ship: Yukon
Where: Persian Gulf
Ship collided with civilian vessel
* July 13, 2000
Ships: Denver and Yukon
Where: Hawaiian operating area
Ships collided during rendezvous
* August 27, 2000
Ships: Detroit and Nicholson
Where: Virginia capes
Ships collided at sea
* Sept. 12, 2000
Ship: La Moure County
Where: South Pacific
Ran aground
(Source: U.S. Navy)
USS La Moure County, a tank transport ship, struck a reef in the waters off Chile while conducting a tank-landing operation. It may have to be scrapped.
In July 2000, another amphibious ship collided with a Navy vessel.
Your constant shrilling must be an embarrassment to decent thinking Democrats everywhere. |
