I am enjoying this great memorial day weekend thinking of all the great service and sacrifice our service men and women have given for us. In considering the massive oil spill which BP is currently frantically stalling until the relief wells are dug, which is realistically the only way to stop this oil spill.
My question is where is the Navy? Maybe I am the only one who thought of this, but the days of the great naval fleet seemed to have passed. The reality is submarines dominate the ocean and operate at near invincibility these days. All the ships in the world are no match for the technology which exists to take out the Navy.
With that said, why is it not the Navy’s job to protect us from ocean disasters such as this. Yes BP has the responsibility of cleaning this disaster up, but what if this was a terrorist attack? Shouldn’t the potential disaster of this magnitude be considered of national security interest? I say we need to reconsider the role of our Navy. Rather than wasting billions on machines which can be sunk by sub par technology, why not invest in defense of our oceans from all forms of attack including accidental?
I am just saying, I think we need to reconsider our Navy and its mission going into the 21st century.
