A small Russian submarine was freed today from its undersea entanglement off the Far East coast by an unmanned British rescue vehicle that cut away the nets that ensnared it. All seven inside were alive and rushed aboard a Russian surface vessel, where they were being examined by a medical team, Russian news agencies and the U.S. Navy said.
Nick Danger at RedState notes that the cooperative efforts to rescue former enemies offer a lesson:
I will confess that I did not expect to see this in my lifetime. It is a bit like my father’s reaction to seeing Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon.
I’m not sure what the lesson is here… but I am certain it is something we need to keep in mind as we go about the War on Terror. The day will come when we will all rush off to aid Iranians trapped in a mine, and we will cheer when they are rescued.
May it come soon.