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Originally Posted by ART6

It is now long gone time when there was any possibility of rescue of those sailors and, if the sub sea acoustic detectors did indeed register sounds like explosions, then there was probably no hope in the first place. If that is the case then the only good thing that might come out of this and give some comfort to the crew's families is that the world swung in behind Argentina -- Russians, Americans, just about every South American country, and even the dreaded enemy Britain. Perhaps then the politicians world wide with their endless rabble-rousing might stop to consider that humanity is a greater power than they and their insular party interests.

If it takes the sacrifice of 44 sailors to achieve that then perhaps the world could move forward a tiny bit, except that will be no help to those who have lost a father, son, daughter. The problem is that their concerns will become immersed in sound bites from politicians and large front page print on newspapers. Those last two will be (a) trying to preserve their place on the gravy train and (b) sell newspapers, the two being mutually supportive.

Sadly, I suspect, that once again the emergency will be taken over by politicians and activists each with their own agendas that care little for the lives lost and the grief of their families, although they will exploit them.

Hear, hear ART6.