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23. A better spin on the story, or how the blundering administration could have told it

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:34 AM

Thursday

would have been to claim the boat was loaded with explosives. The risk of it being underway for the purpose of nearing US ships in a manner similar to the attack on USS Cole was significant and the boat had to be stopped. The attempt to disable to boat by taking out the drive or damaging the hull resulted in detonating the explosives it was carrying. That is why there was such a large fireball, not because we blew it up.
Just my opinion.

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