Second Navy Destroyer Collides At Sea

A U.S. WARSHIP
HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN A CRASH IN -
VIDEO BUFFERING -
LIFE-THREATENING.
NOW, WE HAVE A QUICK REPORT ON THIS INCIDENT, WHICH WILL
SHOW YOU THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, WILL COME RIGHT
BACK AND GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.
A GAPING WOUND ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE USS JOHN MCCAIN, AFTER
COLLIDING WITH AN OIL TANKER IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST
SHIPPING ROUTES.
10 SAILORS ARE MISSING, AND FIVE CREW ARE INJURED, AND A
CERTAIN RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY.
IS REPORTED THAT THE CREW TRIED TO STEM FLOODING IN SEVERAL
PLACES, WHILE THE VESSEL HEADED TOWARD SINGAPORE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY TWO QUICK THINGS THERE: WHENEVER WE SHOW A
VIDEO LIKE THAT, CHECK THE DISCUSSION BOX, BECAUSE IT WILL
HAVE THE FULL REPORT.
IF WE ARE SHOWING YOU A VIDEO BY SOMEONE, THEY'VE DONE A
GOOD JOB AND WE WANT TO SEE THE FULL REPORT.
THE SECOND THING, YOU MENTIONED CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND I
WANTED TO SCREW WITH YOU A BIT, I THINK THERE IS EVIDENCE.
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING, BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ.
I DON'T MEAN THERE IS A SMOKING GUN ON A MEMO FROM THE PENTAGON
SAYING THAT THEY HAVE HIJACKED OUR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, BUT
I THINK THERE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
LET'S CONTINUE THE STORY AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT I THINK
THAT EVIDENCE IS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU
SOME MORE DETAILS -
VIDEO BUFFERING -
FLOODING IN BIRTHING COMPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS
MACHINERY AND COMMUNITY ROOMS.
THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ACCIDENT, AND
SEVERAL OTHERS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
JAMES MATTIS WOULD LIKE THIS INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE TO
LOOK INTO WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF THE OTHER NAVY WARSHIPS THAT
HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL CRASHES, 1917 THE USS FITZGERALD
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ON MAY 9, THE GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN
WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL FISHING BOAT OFF THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
IN LATE JANUARY, THE GUIDED MISSILE USS ANTIETAM
RAN AGROUND.
SO, THESE COLLISIONS KEEP HAPPENING, AND IT'S JUST STRANGE
BECAUSE THIS ISN'T TYPICAL, SOME I CAN SEE WHAT YOU MEAN BY SOME
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO SMOKING GUN AT
ALL, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
FIRST OFF, A QUICK THING ON THE GENRE GAIN.
BOTH HIS DAD AND HIS GRANDFATHER WERE LEGENDARY ADMIRALS IN THE
NAVY, AND PART OF THE REASON WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE
MILITARY.
HE WAS A CAPTAIN HIMSELF, JOHN MCCAIN WAS, BUT HE CRASHED FOUR
DIFFERENT TIMES.
TRUMP, BY THE WAY, IN REACTION TO THIS STORY SAID THAT HE
PREFERS SHIP THAT DON'T CRASH.
HE DIDN'T SAY THAT, BUT HE SAID, OH THAT'S TOO BAD.
HE SAID THAT'S TOO BAD IN REGARD TO THE 10 MISSING SAILORS, THAT
APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INADEQUATE RESPONSE.
LATERS.
SOME OFFICIAL TWEETED OUT, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THE SAILORS, ETC.
NOW, ONTO THE MAIN EVENT.
IF MONK HAS EVER TAUGHT ME ANYTHING, IT'S THAT THERE
ARE NO COINCIDENCES.
SO, FOUR SHIPS IN ONE YEAR, THAT IS WAY TOO HIGH A NUMBER.
IF IT WAS JUST, A KOREAN SHIPPING BOAT MANAGED TO RUN
INTO A GIANT SHIP, YET THAT KNUCKLEHEAD ON THE FISHING
BOAT MADE A MISTAKE.
IF THERE IS ONE ACCIDENT, AND THEN THAT, THAT'S STILL NOTHING,
BUT FOUR ACCIDENTS IN ONE YEAR.
THERE IS ANOTHER THEORY, AND THAT IS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS IN
CHARGE AND INCOMPETENCE MOVES FROM THE HEAD DOWN.
BUT I THINK THAT'S VERY UNLIKELY.
HE DOESN'T GET CREDIT FOR THE ECONOMY ASKED AS HE WALKS
IN, HE ALSO DOESN'T GET BLAMED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT GO
ñ THAT HAPPEN AS SOON AS HE COMES IN.
NOW, ONTO THE THEORY ABOUT WHY I THINK THERE ARE ISSUES HERE.
THE U.S. MILITARY IN SOUTH KOREA BEGAN A 10
DAY MILITARY EXERCISE ON MONDAY.
THE SECOND COINCIDENCE IS THAT THIS CRASH HAPPENED ON MONDAY.
AND ALL FOUR OF THE CRASHES WERE IN ASIAN WATERS, SO WE ARE ABOUT
TO DO EXERCISE WITH SOUTH KOREA, ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE OF OUR SHIPS
CAN CONTROL ITSELF, AND RUNS INTO A GIANT OIL TANKER.
WHAT THINKERS ARE ENORMOUS.
HERE IS WHAT ONE ñ
REALLY QUICK, I WANT TO GIVE OUR AUDIENCE ANOTHER DETAIL.
THEY APPARENTLY LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER, MOMENTARILY.
IT WAS A TEMPORARY THING, THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO STEER
AGAIN BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT.
A U.S.
NAVY OFFICIAL TOLD CNN THAT THE MCCAIN HAD EXPERIENCED A
LOSS OF STEERING BEFORE THE COLLISION.
YEAH, SO IF SOMEONE IS HACKING INTO OUR SYSTEMS THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED, AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE
ACCIDENT.
SO, IT'S NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY IF YOU HAVE GOOD CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE THAT COLLISIONS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU LOST
CONTROL OF THE ABILITY TO STEER THE SHIP.
NOW, IT MIGHT TURN OUT THAT IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL FAILURE,
THERE'S A THOUSAND THINGS A GOOD TURN OUT TO BE.
THAT'S WHY ANA SAYS THERE IS NO SMOKING GUN, BUT FOR THEM TO
HAVE THE INABILITY TO STEER RIGHT BEFORE THEY RAN INTO THE
OTHER SHIP, AND OTHER WILD COINCIDENCE ñ ANOTHER WILD
COINCIDENCE, IN A SERIES OF DEMAND A SEQUENCE OF TREMENDOUS
COINCIDENCES.
I'M GOING TO QUOTE ANOTHER PERSON HERE WHO SAYS, "HOW DOES
THE NAVAL DESTROYER, EQUIPPED WITH RADAR DEVICES, AND A
FULL BRIDGE WATCH, NOT DETECT AND EVADE A 30,000
TON, SLOW-MOVING BEHEMOTH?"
WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, SOMETHING IS AMISS HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ñ I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND WHO DID IT, OR
IF IT IS A TECHNICAL FAILURE ON OUR PART, OR IF THERE IS AN
ADVERSARY HERE INTERFERING WITH OUR ABILITY TO STEER THE SHIPS
AT IMPORTANT MOMENTS, BUT IF THERE IS A CHANCE IT IS THE
LATTER, OH BOY, THAT INTERNAL REVIEW THEY JUST ORDERED IS
NECESSARY AND HIGH-PRIORITY.
IF IT TURNS OUT IT IS A FOREIGN POWER WHO DID THIS, AND IN THE
LAST ACCIDENT WE LOST SEVEN PEOPLE ñ SEVEN OF OUR SAILORS
DIED ñ NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER 10 MISSING.
IF THAT IS AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES, AND WE HAVE
LOST SOME OF OUR SERVICE PEOPLE TO THOSE ATTACKS, THAT IS
AS SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK, SO AFRAID WHAT THEY MIGHT FIND
OUT IN THIS INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE THEN WE MIGHT HAVE
TO TAKE ACTION, AND THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.

Second Navy Destroyer Collides At Sea

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