Today's Toronto Star (Red Star, I prefer..), newspaper had this to say about the Chicoutimi disaster based on the military's investigation:
"HALIFAX - The tragedy of Lieut. Chris Saunders started with a brass nut loose on a thick hatch far above the waves. It ended 33 hours later when the respected naval officer and beloved father of two, his lungs seared by toxic gas, collapsed as he was buckled into a harness, about to finally be rescued from a crippled submarine drifting helpless in the Irish Sea. "
further down in the story on thestar.com page:
"Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean delivered the navy's final verdict on the accident yesterday, a board of inquiry report that determined the tragedy was a "unique, unforeseen event that could not possibly have been anticipated" and for which no one is to blame."
Now being a person that has little knowledge of the miliary, only that gleaned from countless movies and television shows over the years, have I the mistaken belief that when something goes wrong in the military then it is tradition that somebody is found to be at fault?
Seems I am mistaken in regards our second-rate military. But then again, we have a federal government run by allegedly corrupt liberals which are facing an election at any time now. Maybe the more cynical amongst us would want to scream coverup!
Myself, I think the ships were not fit for duty and that blame for this fiasco rests at the feet of senior military officers, bureaucrats in the department as well as the Minister of Defense. Since great political interference was likely provided by the PM's office in the lead-up to this sad event, there should be accountability accepted there as well.
I'm hoping that the family of the poor dead seaman do not take this sham of a coverup as being the end of this tragic story and that they sue the federal government for damages.
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