26 May 06 04:45, Bob Ackley wrote to Roy Witt:

 BA> Replying to a message of Roy Witt to Joe Delahaye:

 RW>> 24 May 06 18:31, Joe Delahaye wrote to Roy Witt:

 JD>>>>> You just might be surprised.  While I doubt they could grab a
 JD>>>>> nuclear device, if the judgement is big enough, then y might
 JD>>>>> confiscate a ship or an aircraft.  It has been done
before,  US
 JD>>>>> propery or not.
 >>>>
 >>>> Sure...but the consequences may be more than the confiscator is
 >>>> willing to pay.

 JD>>> Why?  Is the US above the law in other countries?

 RW>> Wouldn't that depend on the circumstances? Say a country
 RW>> deliberately confiscated some US Navy Ships (remember the
 RW>> Koreans?)...the consequences could be devastating, for the
 RW>> confiscator...

 BA> Just what did happen to those North Koreans, anyway?

They died of old age.

 BA> BTW, several years ago they sailed the former USS Pueblo from Wonsan
 BA> around the tip of South Korea and up the west coast to Pyongyang,
 BA> where it is now a museum display piece.

Good for them. One day it'll be back in the fleet and there won't be a
NK...at least not as we know it today.


Roy
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