Ahmet, any second thoughts?
I am no "chest beating monkey", having lived thru a war, had my home destroyed by bombs, and several family members killed, so I'm no armchair general, but there comes a time when force is necessary. Somalia is a country without government or law enforcement, where people are committing crimes against the international community without fear of punishment. Where is the UN in this besides a lot of rhetoric? Last reports say over 600 hostages held there; now comes news that some of them are being tortured, so what is your rational solution? My advice would be to establish a naval blockade with ships from all countries involved, checking every outgoing vessel for weapons on board. That's my $0.02 Walter From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ahmet erkan Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Pirates get another one Walter, The hijaking in question has nothing to do with kid gloves, Sweden or Switzerland. Don't forget, the Russian navy show off operation was after finding out that the ships crew had locked themselves safely in a compartment. What deserves praise is the South Korean navy demonstrating outstanding performance a few weeks ago by killing most of the pirates and saving all of the good guys who were exposed to the firefight. S/V Quest a 58ft US yacht was hijacked, captain and crew were held at gunpoint. US Navy located the small target very efficiently and followed the yacht very effectively but evidently there was no opportunity to kill the hijackers without one of them also getting the opportunity to kill some or all of the good guys so lets not compare apples and oranges. If the almighty Russian destroyer captain had intercepted the S/V Quest what was he going to do that we don't allow the US captains to do? This is the question you need to answer. Other than that, we have enough monkeys who constantly beat their chests on this list. No offense mate, just telling you the thoughts I consider rational. Ahmet sv8827 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
