I just googled the two little dipshits that co-authored this piece for National Review. They’re a couple of 26-year-olds that went to American University together and now are “policy experts” because they have mastered the art of writing in complete sentences (a skill that eludes at least 70% of recent college grads, so I can understand how this sort of thing happens). Neither have ever been to sea or worked in the maritime related fields, and likely have learned everything they know about marine transportation from Wikipedia. This little piece of fiction is nothing but a free handjob for the McCain people, so the authors can get noticed and use it as a vehicle for their own self-promotion within Republican Party circles. I wouldn’t pay much attention to this horse shit, as the only people who read National Review are the guys who stroke themselves every morning to a picture of Dick Cheney. It’s like Mad Magazine for repressed, self-loathing social rejects who can’t get laid, then channel their resentment into Republican policy agendas.