USS Gabrielle Giffords
Naming controversy
Some commentators disputed the decision to name the ship after Giffords, with two retired U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps officers criticizing the trend of naming ships for political reasons[8] while military blogger Spencer Ackerman called it "The USS Shameless Cynicism."[9] In response, some commentators have noted that several ships in the US Navy, including Henry M. Jackson, Carl Vinson, John C. Stennis, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush were named for prominent politicians who were still alive at the time of the naming, and that the still-active Carl Vinson was named for a congressman responsible for barring women from combat roles in the Navy for nearly 50 years, although unlike those other politicians, Giffords had not played a long and prominent role in the area of national defense.[10][11]
Why not name it the USS LBGT or some other BS....I'm a former serviceman as well and with the way the gov't operates they are working hard to keep good men and women out of the service.
ReplyDeleteI certainly advise all not to join today.
DeleteUSS Ron Paul sounds like a winner to me. Giffords, a joke. Judge Roll was
ReplyDeletethe main target not this liberal woman.
USS Ron Paul
DeleteI'll vote for that!
I wonder if the magazines on the USS Giffords' guns are limited to 10 rounds and is the anti-aircraft semi-automatic? CH
ReplyDeleteOf course! What made you doubt their word...................:)
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