Somali Pirates "Die"

I think this is the optimal solution. Let the merchant fleets protect themselves. Save the country some money and let them "deter" the threat of Somali pirates in 1960's VIP tri-hauls.

 

i agree.

but what are all these different navy's doing there if for the most part, they cant do anything? seems the pirates know that if they take a boat/crew hostage, most governments (with exceptions now and then) are hesitant to use force. i say call em "militants" and "terrorists" and blow the sob's out of the water. literally.

at the same time use private protection on ships and get some double duty goin to do a bit of pirate population control.

 

Yep. That was prertty dumb.

 

Now that it is official they have killed American Citizens, what did the head of the Japan attack on the US say after Pearl Harbor.
Paraphrasing here
"I am afraid we have awoken a sleeping giant"
So its rumored to be said.

I am afraid they have now raised the ire of the full force of the US military.

I will say as sad as it is these guys gt hijacked and killed, what they hell were they thinking sailing around there. Its not like this is some big secret.
I am not spending my vacation in Libya or Egypt.
Sometimes American's abroad need a little more sense. The best way to avoid trouble is dont go seeking it.

Just like those hikers who got kidnapped in Iran... Really the Rockies where not a good place to hike ? Had to go a terrorrist Hot Spot to sight see ???


Or those extreme Douche Bag types who climb some huge mountain with nothing but a snickers bar and some hiking boots and we have spend a ton of Tax payers money looking for them. I see to hell with them. You are dumb enough to climb a mountain in the dead of winter.

I feel terrible for these people but I agree with the above. Sometimes its hard to feel sorry for someone who sailed right into it.

 

Word is they were sailing around the globe to hand out bibles. See, here is where my sympathy meter doesn't twitch a whole bunch. You want to sail around the world, fine. You want to take your chances with the pirates, I'm fine with that too. Keep your religion out of it. If they want a bible I'm sure they can send for one. I feel the exact same way about the lot of doofi that get captured in the heart of muslim land spreading the good word. (of course they could never be undercover CIA operatives that is another story) but too damn bad in my book.

Sure, the pirates are wrong either way and I'd still like to have the butterfly trigger in my hand (since SF said we had to use the M2 and that is what they fire with) and I'd feel even less remorse for the slimy bastards as I cut body parts off with a surgeon like precision. My point is what a crappy way to die. Should have stayed home.

 

The Somali pirates have been known to go way out into international waters, so it's not like these poor folks were just necessarily hanging out off the coast.

 

You at least have to admire the tenacity of these idiots. We definitely had reports of pirates way off the coast when I was out there.