Comments by "Emir" (@irongron) on "Jerry Hendrix - The Window for a Full-scale Invasion of Taiwan by China may be Closing Permenantly" video.
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The next time Captain Hendrix is back on, I'd like to know what he thinks of Admiral James Foggo's assertion that it was a mistake (in hindsight) for the USN to reduce its presence in the Black Sea after the end of the Cold War & Soviet Union collapsed. Admiral Foggo has been saying that the USN "needs to get back in there" - of course it can't do that now due to the Montreux convention - but get back in there ASAP when the conditions permit. Even in late Soviet times, there was a lot of action in the Black Sea, I doubt anyone besides myself, the host and Captain Hendrix would be aware of the "Black Sea shouldering incident" in 1988, the hilarious thing is, if that happened now everyone would be screaming "OMG WW3 OMG ESCALATION", but back then it was not so hysterical. President Ronald Reagan's "peace through strength" in action, and it worked.
from Wikipedia "1988 Black Sea bumping incident"
"The Black Sea bumping incident of 12 February 1988 occurred when American cruiser USS Yorktown tried to exercise the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea during the Cold War. The cruiser was bumped by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetny with the intention of pushing Yorktown into international waters. This incident also involved the destroyer USS Caron, sailing in company with USS Yorktown and claiming the right of innocent passage, which was intentionally shouldered by a Soviet Mirka-class frigate SKR-6. Yorktown reported minor damage to its hull, with no holing or risk of flooding. Caron was undamaged."
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