I have a right to preotect my home with the use of deadly force when appropriate, I see no reason why a ship's crew should not have that same right.
Other than the pirates who got their asses spanked over the weekend, I have not seen any outcry from the rest of the world about how those situations were handled. I really don't see us being set up as the 'bad guys' for protecting our (and other) ships. I think its pretty obvious ther is no one in Somalia that can, or would even want to, control the situation. Maybe we can send in the UN, I think all the pirates need is a stern talking to. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > WillBo wrote: > > these guys over the side i don't know. But this tripe about how they > > *need* to be pirates is wholesale bullshit. > > > > There are 3 ways to deal with this: > > (1.) Tough guys. Law, and blow you out of the water, and we're > badasses, and etc. > > That has a few executive options: > > (a.) Naval patrol. However there are over a million square miles of > ocean to patrol (which isn't free). If you read that article you'll > notice that it took our Navy, who were obviously in the area, 3 HOURS > to reach the victim. 3 hours! > > (b.) Ship's Security. This would be hiring Blackwater of some such > to "ride shotgun". Problem there is that it's both expensive and will > create an arms race. > > (c.) Arm the crew. In general these are low paid, minimally crewed > ships, and very likely the ships would just sustain huge damage which > is also expensive. > > (d.) Attack the coast. That's probably not going to be very popular > on the World stage. > > > (2.) Nice guys. Send in some diplomats, but really special forces, > and see if you can find someone local that can control the situation > while you're pretending to negotiate and pay them a bunch of money. > It's a tried and true technique IF such a person exists. Of course > that's who Bin Laden is, so it can backfire. > > > As I've said, personally I'd pick #2 at this point since the risk with > being a tough guy is that you create a Robin Hood. > > Overall, the problem I see with the PEOPLE strutting around like tough > guys is that they don't seem to understand what the feck they're > talking about. > > Which makes them very similar to the people who strutted around > talking tough about Hussein > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
