I have no idea if this kind of thing interests you guys at all, but let me take a second of your time and introduce you to Andrew J. May, the former democrat congressman from Kentucky.
His political career is best known for what is called "The May Incident", where he divulged classified (WWII) military secrets to the public (and thus the enemy) during a press-conference.
The short version is that our WWII sub operation wasn't (initially) all that successful, all things considered. (Non-aggressive skippers, torpedoes that weren't worth a d*mn, etc.) But the one advantage that we did have is that our subs could dive much deeper than the enemy thought possible. As a result, the enemy's depth charges were set significantly shallower than needed to inflict any damage on our subs. So when our subs shot off their dud torpedoes at enemy ships, they could dive deep and have a pretty good chance at surviving a depth charge attack.
Until Andrew J. May held a press conference publicizing this reality. As a result, the japanese reset their depth charges. Conservatively estimated, Andrew J May's bravado to divulge military secrets directly resulted in a loss of at least 10 boats and approximately 800 of our sailors.
He was also involved in some dirty war profiteering. I guess it just goes to show that stupid (democrat) congressman, especially relative to the military and national defense, is not a new phenomenon.
His political career is best known for what is called "The May Incident", where he divulged classified (WWII) military secrets to the public (and thus the enemy) during a press-conference.
The short version is that our WWII sub operation wasn't (initially) all that successful, all things considered. (Non-aggressive skippers, torpedoes that weren't worth a d*mn, etc.) But the one advantage that we did have is that our subs could dive much deeper than the enemy thought possible. As a result, the enemy's depth charges were set significantly shallower than needed to inflict any damage on our subs. So when our subs shot off their dud torpedoes at enemy ships, they could dive deep and have a pretty good chance at surviving a depth charge attack.
Until Andrew J. May held a press conference publicizing this reality. As a result, the japanese reset their depth charges. Conservatively estimated, Andrew J May's bravado to divulge military secrets directly resulted in a loss of at least 10 boats and approximately 800 of our sailors.
He was also involved in some dirty war profiteering. I guess it just goes to show that stupid (democrat) congressman, especially relative to the military and national defense, is not a new phenomenon.
posted by Greg | 9:15 AM
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