All week long the democrats at their convention were touting veterans, and how they care about the military.Then, it is the final night of the DNC, a retired Four Star General took the stage. He stepped up to the podium and preceeded to give a stirring patriotic speech about our veterans and our active duty service members. Behind him on the big screen was a collage of images. The largest being one of what was thought to be of U.S. Naval Ships...
But wait a second, upon a closer look and after a higher resolution -it shows they are infact Russian, and from the Black Sea Fleet. Wow...what a screw up!:
“The ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no question of that in my mind.”
A spokesman for the Democratic National Convention Committee was not able to immediately comment Tuesday, saying he had to track down personnel to find out what had happened.
The veteran who spotted the error and notified Navy Times said he was immediately taken aback.
“I was kind of in shock,” said Rob Barker, 38, a former electronics warfare technician who left the Navy in 2006. Having learned to visually identify foreign ships by their radars, Barker recognized the closest ship as the Kara-class cruiser Kerch.
“An immediate apology [from the committee] would be very nice,” Barker said. “Maybe acknowledge the fact that yes, they screwed up.”
The background — featured in the carefully choreographed hour leading up to the president’s Sept. 6 speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination — showed four ships with radar designs not used in the U.S. fleet.
courtesy of:
http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/news/2012/09/navy-russian-warships-displayed-dnc-veterans-tribute-091112
