Talk:USS Theodore Roosevelt
Getting sailors to safety
It's unclear, from a recent CBS interview, what the press means by "evacuate". From the text of the transcript - along with headlines on various websites - I got the idea that no sailors would be removed. But when I watched the inteverview with Esper, I felt he took evacuate as removing all sailors. In response to the interviewer's question, "... as the captain is pleading for help, is it time to evacuate that ship?" He said, "I don't think we're at that point ..."
I think he meant that they wouldn't take everyone off the ship. But I don't think he meant that he would keep them all on the ship, either. I wish he had been more clear, but I'm guessing he had been told to dodge the question of how many sailors would be taken off the ship. Discussing "troop movements" could provide an advantage to America's enemies.
Anyway, he ended up by saying, "I'm going to rely on the Navy chain of command to go out there to assess the situation and to make sure they provide the captain and the crew all the support they need to get the sailors healthy and get the ship back at sea." This means he's not telling them what to do, and especially not telling them whether to take off some or all of the sailors. --Ed Poor Talk 13:09, 1 April 2020 (EDT)
- Correct me if I'm wrong: The USS Teddy Roosevelt patrols the Taiwan Straits. If China wanted to invade Taiwan, the best opportunity they've had in the past 70 years would be in the next two months. RobSDe Plorabus Unum 13:49, 2 April 2020 (EDT)
