Of Hope and Jealousy
Hearing the happy ending to this story of the stranded Russian mini-sub, I must confess that my first reaction was to quote Sean Connery in Hunt for Red October and not Shakespeare! (note: link is to sound file!)Now, don't all you engineer types go getting all critical and un-poetic--yes, I know that technically the sea had nothing to do with it, it was good ol'Ramius: "And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home"... Christopher Columbus.
Speaking of which, I've had the same thought as Bubblehead (et al) since this whole thing wrapped up, which is:
How did we let the Brits beat us?
Trivial perhaps, and yet in light of future emergencies, I think we best be sure we have it "all in one sock" so to speak.
posted by WillyShake @ 6:43 AM
2 Comments:
I think it matters not in a competitive sense, but in a sense of figuring out why we weren't able to get there in a more timely manner. There were obviously some logistic issues and it would be best to learn from them and fix the problems so the next time there isn't a delay. See, next time the Brits may run into "traffic jams", and we'd certainly want to have their back.
Well said, Rob. Perhaps my original statement was poorly phrased: I don't care who "won" so long as the men were saved...BUT, I want to make sure that our teams were performing optimally.
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