US warship and Japanese tug collide in latest incident

[nitpicker]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42041704

US warship and Japanese tug collide in latest incident

7 minutes ago

From the section Asia
A US warship has sustained minor damage after a collision with a Japanese tug off central Japan, the US Navy says. The commercial tug lost propulsion and drifted into the guided-missile destroyer, the USS Benfold, during a towing exercise in Sagami Bay. "No-one was injured on either vessel," the US Navy says, adding that an investigation is under way.
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In a statement, the US Navy says the warship "sustained minimal damage, including scrapes on its side". "Benfold remains at sea under her own power. The Japanese commercial tug is being towed by another vessel to a port in Yokosuka."
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[Achilleaze]

1. This is the kind of shit that happens when republicans put...

a freaking five-time draft dodger in charge of our US Armed Forces. Shit flows downhill.

[JayhawkSD]

2. NO.

I despise the man as much as anyone, but not everything can be blamed on Trump.

The rot in the US Navy goes back to well before the inauguration of Donald Trump.
It is caused by cost cutting and other issues that began several decades ago.

[Achilleaze]

3. The republican Draft-Dodger is in charge

We know that he and his republican-russian cronies are loathe to act with integrity, honesty, or responsibility, and that they are forever trying to weasel out of culpability. But damn it, the buck stops on the republican casino table. Like it or not.