I have read the Chief of Naval Operations' all-Navy message regarding the Judge Advocate General's Manual investigation of the attack on the USS Cole (DDG-67). While I agree on many points that Admiral Vern Clark makes in his remarks, I vehemently disagree with his decision matrix and the end resultant for accountability. Seventeen sailors dead who shouldn't be, 39 others injured, and a near billion dollar warship is out of action. To simply admit that mistakes were made but that decision making at all levels of command was "reasonable" strikes me as ludicrous.

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