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- dieboldcracy, on 04/12/2009, -4/+46Here's what you do.
Step one- Get a nice big fat juicy cargo ship that looks ripe for a fun day of plundering.
Step two- Load it up with 4 Seal teams and enough firepower to take out a mid sized African nation.
Step three- make sure to include an open bar on board, ya know, as a thanks for all the ***** they dealt with in Iraq and Afghanistan
Step four- Take it on a booze cruise up and down the Somali coast, - cyrusuncc, on 04/12/2009, -2/+26What happened to the good ol' days when pirates just drank rum and sang songs?
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -5/+26We are being lied about pirates.
In 1991, the government of Somalia - in the Horn of Africa - collapsed. Its 9 million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and many of the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country’s food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.
Did we expect starving Somalians to stand passively on their beaches, paddling in our nuclear waste, and watch us snatch their fish to eat in restaurants in London and Paris and Rome? We didn’t act on those crimes - but when some of the fishermen responded by disrupting the transit corridor for 20 percent of the world’s oil supply, we begin to shriek about “evil.” If we really want to deal with piracy, we need to stop its root cause - our crimes - before we send in the gunboats to root out Somalia’s criminals.
The story of the 2009 war on piracy was best summarized by another pirate, who lived and died in the fourth century BC. He was captured and brought to Alexander the Great, who demanded to know “what he meant by keeping possession of the sea.” The pirate smiled and responded: “What you mean by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you, who do it with a great fleet, are called emperor.”
Once again, our great imperial fleets sail in today - but who is the robber?
Source: http://www.infowars.com/you-are-being-lied-to-abou ... - peticsu, on 04/12/2009, -5/+25love reading the digg conservatives...the real ***** who hail to Reagan
if we took a trip down memory lane and see the way Reagan handled the Iran hostage crisis by exchanging weapons with Iran for hostages and befriending Saddam Hussein, I think president Obama should give Donzi and Cigarette boats and millions of rounds of ammunition to these pirates so we can get back one boat so the media frenzy would go away and pretend like its all going fine.
remember gang, perception is the only thing that matters - Snakedal337, on 04/12/2009, -2/+21I think its time to change to a convoy system in the area. Make several large trips a week, each trip guarded by the military.
At worst companies have to re-schedule their shipments but everything would be guarded. - stubear, on 04/12/2009, -1/+19umm...it's in International waters. So which is it, do you want us to be the world's police force or not because this schizophrenic attitude from the rest of the world is getting very annoying.
- fluffyturtle, on 04/12/2009, -0/+16The songs became copyrighted and the rum taxed, that's what.
- EatingPie, on 04/12/2009, -5/+21I don't see how this situation would be any different under Bush. From the article, it looks like the pirates were targeting another ship, and sent a small group to the Alabama, which is why the crew overwhelmed them. There's no evidence they knew it was an American crew.
-Pie - elperegrino, on 04/12/2009, -1/+16this is no time for big cuddly fish with moustaches. you need highly trained soldiers in a situation like this.
- boredco, on 04/12/2009, -0/+11So true. At least send in a f***ing walrus
- tibbon, on 04/12/2009, -1/+10We should have stayed friend with the Ninjas. They could save us.
- Flytrap, on 04/12/2009, -0/+7Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about...
- cyberdork, on 04/12/2009, -2/+11What you guys completely fail to realize is how big the area is in which the pirates operate. It's a stretch of 1200miles x 300 miles. That's the size of the ENTIRE west coast of the US. The pirates are also completely indistinguishable from normal fishermen. There is no military solution to this problem unless you arm every single freighter and yacht which is going across those waters.
A handful of Seals won't make a difference. - Daxx22, on 04/12/2009, -0/+8While that has flair, bullets are cheaper.
- HyperionHK, on 04/12/2009, -0/+8you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. It's not exactly easy to patrol and spot small pirate vessels in an area that is over a million miles in area. Which is not to mention that it's international waters anyway, there are more people out there than the US Navy and they can't be everywhere at once.
- Daxx22, on 04/12/2009, -1/+9The Captain's been rescued, pirates killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia ... - Scira, on 04/12/2009, -3/+11Are these the same pirates that used to be fishermen until they got bullied out of the area by a stronger country?
Everyone, especially the trolls are quick to throw around the word terrorist, but it's not like these people are doing it to further their extremist religion.
Also I am aware that some somalians ARE helping al-qaeda, but it doesn't mean all of them, or even a majority are. - Jforsyth89, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5What part of "hostage situation" do you not understand?
This is not a matter of us America not having the balls or the power to defeat the pirates. It's a matter of getting every American out alive. - tibbon, on 04/12/2009, -1/+8OR easier, just get some really crappy boats on their last legs. Paint them outside to look all pretty and all. Remote control them to sail up and down the coast. Have them loaded with explosives and a remote detonator. Watch for when pirates get onboard (remote cameras) then just blow the boats up.
Problem fixed. - Snakedal337, on 04/12/2009, -1/+8I'll one up both you guys: Carpet Bombs! Hit the whole coast! YEEHAW!!!
- portnoy, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5Damn right, we should send in Chuck Norris. Then we win on two fronts. First we make the world safer for commerce, and second we get the heck rid of Chuck Norris.
If we could only get Chuck Norris to create reality as brilliantly as does his goofy action movies. - DahktaD, on 04/12/2009, -5/+11Which ones...the pirates or congress?
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -1/+7So a baby seal walks into a club.
- Frozo, on 04/12/2009, -2/+8BURIED For having to SUBSCRIBE to NYT to READ!!!
- beachtrader, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5Actually that is what they did. 3 pirates dead, Captain saved.
- jpop, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5Latest news is 3 dead pirates, 1 live one, and 1 rescued captain. So I'm assuming the Seals finally went in.
- NinjaJoshy, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5The rum's gone...
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5You don't know much about Somalia, do you Corvidae?
You don't know much about history or logical connections either - slorocks, on 04/12/2009, -1/+6How about a link to an article that doesn't require you register to be able to view it.
- tomz17, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5. . .because standing orders can NEVER be changed as the situation demands it. . .
- Rudegar, on 04/12/2009, -0/+5doubt these people know that name of your commander in chief
- beachtrader, on 04/12/2009, -1/+6Um, the lifeboat with the Captain held hostage is in full view of US Naval warships right now. The US Navy has been following the lifeboat for days now as it drifts in the open sea.
- jpop, on 04/12/2009, -0/+4The pirates in the area have killed hostages before, and other countries have rescued hostages in that area before, with varying degrees of success. The USA isn't the first here. Also, that ransom doesn't come out of nowhere. Like taxes on corporations, it cascades down in higher costs for merchandise to the consumer.
- HyperionHK, on 04/12/2009, -0/+4the pirates have been moving further and further out lately
- jpop, on 04/12/2009, -1/+5They attacked an Italian ship, not another US flagged ship.
- gumballer, on 04/12/2009, -1/+5Disable the diggbar then you can read it.
- Jaime2000, on 04/12/2009, -1/+5Seals are mammals.
- HyperionHK, on 04/12/2009, -0/+4actually the reason there are MORE pirate attacks is because it's a very profitable business in one of the world's poorest countries. The rewards are well worth the risks to these people.
Also this is the only US-flagged ships that has been captured really, at least within the last several years - jazzfunkblues, on 04/12/2009, -1/+5Congratulations to the US Navy and all involved in freeing Cpt. Phillips. Tremendous news, and Cpt Phillips is a true hero. He and the US Airways pilot are the 2 greatest American heroes of 2009 thus far, both deserve an amazing amount of recognition and respect.
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -0/+4Let's see. For starters, the motion of the waves would have the lifeboat moving up and down. Combine that with the fact that the captain was likely placed between at least some of the pirates and the US ships, you'd have to pull off a miracle to kill all three and not either miss one of the pirates or accidentally hit the captain.
- midbc, on 04/12/2009, -0/+4that should be a TV show
- HyperionHK, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3I'm sure if it was as simple as sending in some seals to rescue the hostage, they would have done it already. Unfortunately a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean is probably pretty hard to sneak up on and be in a position to take out the pirates before the pirates shoot the hostage.
- mnocket, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3As an American, I stand a little taller today and admit I was wrong in accusing Obama of being weak in dealing with the pirates. This is exactly the response that was called for and I'm pleasantly surprised by our President's actions.
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -1/+4Yo HO! a pirate's life for me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A19q7rysLs
We even hijack!!! - bjswanner, on 04/13/2009, -0/+3Looks like miracles happen :)
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -2/+5No diggbar? Nice!
- beachtrader, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3@hyperionhk
Not really. They always try resolve peacefully first. As for sneaking up on the boat, the seals would just start miles away underwater until they reached the lifeboat and come up underneath it in the early morning hours. The pirates would never see them coming. - jpop, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3In this case, apparently Seals > Ninjas > Pirates.
- voice2009, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3With no coast guard to defend its shores, Somalis began complaining that vessels from Asia and Europe were dumping toxic waste in their waters and illegally scooping up red snapper, barracuda and tuna. The rampant illegal fishing began destroying the livelihoods of local fishermen. U.S. officials have found no direct ties between East African pirates and terror groups. For those redneck cowboys here, we can't just carpet bomb or level off the whole country. One that would be war and you can't go to war with country that has no central government. Yeah dimwits let’s started a third war, because the two wars we have are going great. Its simple don’t enter or fish in Somali waters illegally then there would be no problems. digg me down all you want truth we always be there
- tomz17, on 04/12/2009, -0/+3Agreed... I would like to see international treaties re-written to allow miniguns on the decks of commercial vessels.
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