Pirates Strike Back!

OT, but which spark?

Japanese invasions on the Asian mainland?

Anschluss?

Sudetenland?

German entry into the Ruhr?

The Sitzkrieg?

The Panay?

The war was on long before 1939.

or 1941 (The US Navy was fighting the Germans in the North Atlantic well before any declaration of war)

I agree the good press of the SEAL sniper teams was good.

Using a private contractor, shipping companies could spend less in ransoms and loss of their cargos , using private contractors would also be cheaper for USA tax payers then using the USN.

If the combined Navies of the world were to combat piracy, who would be in charge of the coordination?

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

OT, but which spark?

Japanese invasions on the Asian mainland?

Anschluss?

Sudetenland?

German entry into the Ruhr?

The Sitzkrieg?

The Panay?

The war was on long before 1939.

or 1941 (The US Navy was fighting the Germans in the North Atlantic well before any declaration of war)

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Touche, WWII started on many different fronts but they all led to the same conclusion. It wouldnt have been a World War otherwise.

I wonder what the recent capture/release of the pirates will do for the problem.

Does it buy the countries invovled a 'free pass', Now I don't advocate killing all the pirates, unless they need it- but wouldn't little Muhammad going off to sea and not coming back have more of an effect on the rest?

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but wouldn't little Muhammad going off to sea and not coming back have more of an effect on the rest?

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No. As abhorrent as I find piracy, what's going on in Somalia is no better. It's a complete collapse of order.

If little Muhammed doesn't go off to sea, he doesn't have much of a life expectancy anyway. When the ransoms from piracy are a considerable chunk of the GDP of the country, there's not much on land to live for.

It's a rats nest that needs to be cleaned out, has needed some cleaning for a long time, but until the piracy started no one gave a damn.

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

No. As abhorrent as I find piracy, what's going on in Somalia is no better. It's a complete collapse of order.

If little Muhammed doesn't go off to sea, he doesn't have much of a life expectancy anyway. When the ransoms from piracy are a considerable chunk of the GDP of the country, there's not much on land to live for.

It's a rats nest that needs to be cleaned out, has needed some cleaning for a long time, but until the piracy started no one gave a damn.

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Did you see a news mag report on what goes on inland?

No honor among thieves! The pirates are getting home buying all kinds of nice stuff only to get jacked by the landlocked pirates in their home town, that and gang wars, homicides and general mayhem.


I heard this a few days ago from a comedian. The joke was for the U..S. to take over Mexico, fix it up, then flip it!

I wonder what some Ocean Front property with plenty of room to 4WD in the back yard fetches?:D