Sunday, August 21, 2005

USS Iowa Gets Shot Down By San Francisco City Council

Are you kidding me? This historic member of the arsenal of democracy, which defended San Francisco and the rest of the country for 50 years, is being prevented from becoming a museum in San Francisco because the city council thinks this would be a good way to show its objection to the war in Iraq. Last month the San Francisco City Council had voted against the siting of the Iowa in San Francisco.

For starters, what the heck are they thinking? This historic ship, defended our aircraft carriers from kamikazi attacks, prepared landings for our Marines, and hit targets throughout the Pacific so that we could win the war.

In light of San Francisco's move, Stockton, CA, is offering space for the museum. Senator Feinstein is pushing a bill that would open up bidding to all California cities.

Good for Stockton.

Boo for San Francisco.

UPDATE:
Rereading my headline for this story made me realize that it would be kind of tough to shoot down a battleship. Torpedo? Definitely. Sink? Absolutely. Shoot down? Kind of tough to do for a ship that doesn't fly.

Then again, this is San Francisco's City Council we're talking about. They wouldn't know the difference.

UPDATE II:
The Donovan takes aim, fires, and drops 50 for effect on San Francisco.

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