Pirates vow revenge.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.pirates.revenge/
I'd be one personal-firearm-smuggling-mofo.
Somali pirates take another oil tanker...
"The killing of our boys was aggression, and the U.S. will see what they get from their operation," he said.
Seriously, he's right. We're the assholes.
All they want to do is kidnap people, hold them against their will for an undetermined length of time, demand money for their safe release, and do the same with their ships and cargo. Sure, maybe sometimes a hostage gets killed, but that's business.
How dare we try to stop this completely legal enterprise?!? What right do we have to use violence to stop their violence!?
Seriously, one trained man with a high powered rifle ends these bullshit hijackings. He'd be able to tear them and their boats up before they even got into range to shoot back.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
It's hard to aim an RPG from 900m out while riding in an inflatable life raft, in the ocean, and with a sniper picking you off one by one.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Still sounds like better odds than fighting in one of the many guerrilla groups elsewhere.Leisher wrote:It's hard to aim an RPG from 900m out while riding in an inflatable life raft, in the ocean, and with a sniper picking you off one by one.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The problem w\ the second option is that we don't know who to ask. There's no stable gov't in that region which can claim to exercise authority for the entire country.TPRJones wrote:Given the area involved, and the number of merchant vessels, wouldn't it be easier to just blockade the Somalia coast until we either kill all the pirates or Somalia lets us go in and take them out?
I'm all for going in & wasting them.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I just thought of the simplest solution.... one squad of regular-ol'-ground-pounding Marines per American-flagged boat is more than overkill, but probably the smallest Marine unit you'd want to go with. That's 3 4-man fire teams, one to be alert on each shift, and the rest ready for action with 30 second's notice.
You'd probably have a waiting list of Marines wanting to go on 90-days Temporary Additional Duty of chilling and working out on an ocean freighter.
You'd probably have a waiting list of Marines wanting to go on 90-days Temporary Additional Duty of chilling and working out on an ocean freighter.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I had that thought as well, and then read your post.GORDON wrote:I just thought of the simplest solution.... one squad of regular-ol'-ground-pounding Marines per American-flagged boat is more than overkill, but probably the smallest Marine unit you'd want to go with. That's 3 4-man fire teams, one to be alert on each shift, and the rest ready for action with 30 second's notice.
You'd probably have a waiting list of Marines wanting to go on 90-days Temporary Additional Duty of chilling and working out on an ocean freighter.
Probably means it's already being considered, at least for the big boats.
You'd probably have a waiting list of Marines wanting to go on 90-days Temporary Additional Duty of chilling and working out on an ocean freighter.
A bunch of men anxiously trying to volunteer to go be on a ship for 90 days with other men? You can take the Marines out of the Navy, but you can't take the Navy out of the Marines.
In other news, Somalis tried to capture an American ship this morning. They fired on it with assault rifles and RPGs. The ship was damaged, but escaped.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Trust me... compared to the typical life in a grunt unit, 3 months on a ship surrounded by only men would be heaven.Leisher wrote:A bunch of men anxiously trying to volunteer to go be on a ship for 90 days with other men? You can take the Marines out of the Navy, but you can't take the Navy out of the Marines.You'd probably have a waiting list of Marines wanting to go on 90-days Temporary Additional Duty of chilling and working out on an ocean freighter.
There's always porn.
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Apparently replaced w\ a logistics ship. Yeah, wow. Wtf?GORDON wrote:That piece of shit is the flagship of the French Navy?
What happened to their carrier?
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