the 'Twin Towers ship' and Afghan stabilization

The USS New York sailed up the Manhattan river today, it's commissioning ceremony watched over by relatives of 9/11 victims, along with members of the emergency services and the public, while it's motto being "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget."



This ship partially made with steel from the Twin Towers will probably be shipping marines to Afghanistan, while bearing with it the horrific memories of the attacks on the World Trade Center before going to war.

Afghanistan has of course been in the news a lot lately as Obama continues his war there in an attempt to stabilize the country in a manner similar to that of the Soviets (who also tried to spread and enforce their political ideology on the Afghan people).



The troop surge started by Obama is expected to reach something like 600,000, these troops will be used to secure a state of 11,000,000 people and stabilize it while maintaining a strong presence, while this may all be about spreading democracy in the region and destroying the Taliban (as Bush and Obama have both said) there is a major flaw.



Looking back on history once again Afghanistan is a soldiers graveyard, and increasing troop sizes for the United States Army to act as a regional tribal force to secure the smaller villages and towns across the mountainous region, this attempt to stabilize it may be a joint NATO effort of countries involved in Afghanistan (see map above) to secure oil pipelines from the Caspian Sea while keeping a NATO force present in the region will probably deter Afghanistan from ever joining the Shanghai Cooperative Organization.

Rising from the ashes

One year after Hurricane Katrina in the midst after the flooding a new ship in the United States Navy is rising above them, it is called the USS New York and a large part of it is being built from steel wreckage of the World Trade Centre, the ships builders treated it with reverence often touching the ships bow as if it were an old religious relic.

700 tonnes of steal to be exact is being used from the wreck of the WTC.

Secutary of the Navy Gordon England requested to the navy they name it the USS New York LPD-21 in honour of the victims of 9/11, the name was in the reserve for a submarine but asked for special consideration and it was granted. The ship can have a crew of about 400 and about four helicopters on the flatbed type deck.

Interestlingly enough the ships moto it quote:

Never Forget

My understanding is that the States will never forget 9/11 and will never forget that they were attacked, and also another ship was in the US Navy named New York was laid down to be built on September 11th 1911 exactly ninety years before 9/11.