Ed, brings to mind the German armed merchant ship 'Atlantis' during WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis Walter From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Kelly Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Fwd: Tragedy of death due to pirates of those aboard Quest Lee and List, I believe the best philosophy is to view all hostages as dead and act to clear the seas of the scourge that is a growing threat. Last fall some Brits paid a million pounds to free a few British subjects who had been held more than a year. It only encouraged the folks who are pirates and thugs. My solution: We need to have the US Navy outfit about 12 yachts and cruiser appearing boats, like Q ships (wolves in sheep clothing - decoy vessels) that would attract the pirates any way they could. Have a well armed and prepared bunch of marines on each one and cruise back and forth in the Arabian Sea for a year with close contact support to naval assets in the area. The problem would be diminishing instead of increasing. There is support for marines doing such an operation if you listen to the words in the Marine Corps hymn "from the shores of Tripoli". As was the attitude back in our countries infancy, Millions for Defense, not one cent for tribute! Ed & Sue Kelly - Catalac 41 Catamaran - USSV ANGEL LOUISE - Home Port Cruz Bay, St. John, VI - 2 crazy Iowans currently moored Ft Myers _______________________________________________ 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
