Dammit Larry...stop it...you are making more points I agree with... :D On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Larry Lyons <[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! > > > Look at the area, its over 4 times the size of Texas. That the ship (which > can go about 40 mph or so) took only 3 hours to get there is pretty damn > good. The Bainbridge was hauling ass. > > Besides a real naval solution would be to use convoys. Go from the Indian > ports to Aden, then to Mobassa. For every 20 or so cargo ships you have 1 or > two frigates, at least 2 or 3 helicopters and 8 missile armed drones, like > the Predator. You also have at least 3 or four other warships on patrol > within 50 -75 miles. Then train the crews to disable the ships very fast and > have them barricade themselves in the engine room. That way the patrol ships > only have to deal with any pirates on board, and not have to worry about > hostages. Also have an international declaration that any vessel not a part > of the convoy or not authorized to be near, will be fired on without > warning. > > > > > > (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:295105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
