Pirates?

[lizbud]

Not exactly sure what your malfunction is here....

but I'm thinking this is one instance where ANYONE would HAPPILY admit they were "wrong" A life was saved the way it should have been saved to begin with. Doing what needed to be done instead of playing politics. I for one am just glad the innocent party in this was saved and the outcome was joyous rather than grave.

Some people just have to spout off things like "the pirates are laughing
at us" when it turns out we indeed had the last laugh.

[lvpets2002]

Very Tragic Beginning & Such a Very Happy Ending.. So glad the Navy Seals did what they were suppose to.. Very Happy for the Captian to be rescued.. What a Hero..

[RICHARD]

Some people just have to spout off things like "the pirates are laughing
at us" when it turns out we indeed had the last laugh.

I have to get semi-serious here.

Indeed, You have a bunch of punks, theives and kids who just so happen to hijack a vessel flying the AF.

Now, this has been happening for a while and really seriously the last two years. With a show of hands......Who remembers the RPG attack on a ship last year?

IT's all a problem that doesn't register/doesn't matter/is somewhere else!
I am sure that many of us, taking a cruise in foreign waters check the menu, facilities and location of the restrooms before we jump on board!

Unless a wooden boat with people shooting blanks at your ship is part of the entertainment, you really won't give a flying shiat about the neighborhoods you pass.

It just took them to hijack an American Flagged ship-LOLOLOLOL, the sale of American Flags just went up in all the marinas in Africa.

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They way it works?

Someone working at the docks passes on the departure, port and cargo of a ship. Jerky Jerkwad gets out his GPS system and lies in wait for it on the water.

What is more valuable?

A boat full of food and stuff or a nice cruise liner with a few thousand tourists?

Mr Klinghoffer, god rest your soul, may have an answer?

Other countries leave their crews in limbo, Americans leave no one behind.

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I had to laugh at the moron who was quoted as saying the killing of the pirates was wrong! This guy was another pirate.

"We are Muslims and have not killed anyone!"

Yet?

It is a problem that we have to care for now. Just like in the 70's when plane jacking was thede riguer terrorist statement, we adjusted our thinking and rid ourselves of the problem, It got back on the radar on 9/11, and we adjusted again! Do we back off in fear of having the world think we kill
MUSLIM PIRATES or do we plod along and hope for the best?

I get the feeling that we will project an international persona like "Hey, stop tickling my rear with a feather!" We only say something when it bugs us.
Time to stop the idea that each set of morons get to see how far they can bend the rule.

Why not just paint the sides of the boat with-

This IS an American Flagged Ship.
NO riders allowed and the driver carries no cash.

[joycenalex]

[QUOTE=RICHARD;2141337]....This IS an American Flagged Ship.
NO riders allowed and the driver carries no cash./quote

add to it, and the US navy is on speed dial....
i still don't understand why merchant ships don't carry small arms, it's not that hard in africa to buy a few rocket launchers and you can get AK47s and kalashnikovs pretty much anywhere in the middle east....why not stock up on a few goodies while on shoreleave? and i'm laying a cup of coffee bet ( doulbecream no sugar, french roast) customs in ports in that area will look past a few small....assistants...
and go NAVY, nice job. another reason to cheer for navy during the army navy game

[Grace]

My son sent me this link - great story about the NAVY SEALS. The Commander of the USS Bainbridge, Frank Castellano, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1990, four years after my son did.

GO NAVY!!

[RICHARD]

and go NAVY, nice job. another reason to cheer for navy during the army navy game

My solution?

Put up one of those skeet platforms on the deck, like the cruise ships have and let them stock up on shells. That way it's all above board!

Some nice buckshot loads!