WE DON'T DO TIN SNIPS:

USS New York, built with steel from Twin Towers, sets sail on maiden voyage (James Bone, 11/02/09, Times of London)

The USS New York, a new battleship built with steel from the World Trade Center, sailed into New York harbour today on its maiden voyage and delivered a 21-gun salute near Ground Zero.

The $1 billion US Navy assault vessel, whose bow includes 7.5 tonnes of steel recycled from the 2001 terror attack, will be officially commissioned in its namesake city on Saturday.

The first comment is just precious:

Andras S wrote:
The Americans certainly know, how to abuse anything for patriotic pride. They could just as well use that steel to create wire-cutters to free illegally held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. That would have been a decent gesture. Following the hysteria of 9/11, justice and freedom suffered greatly and no warship will be able to find Osama Bin Laden or to restore the USA's international prestige.

I've got an even better use though, why not use the ship in an attack oin the rest of Cuba to liberate it from the Castro's?

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 2, 2009 3:23 PM