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View Poll Results: What should be done with these Somalian pirates? | |||
Capture them and bring them to trial | 3 | 12.50% | |
Capture them if possible, kill them if not | 10 | 41.67% | |
Capture them, but do everything possible to save the hostage(s) | 3 | 12.50% | |
Negotiate with the pirates to ensure a peaceful resolution | 3 | 12.50% | |
Kill them and make it a lesson | 4 | 16.67% | |
Dang it, Bungleau! You made another lousy poll and left my answer off! | 1 | 4.17% | |
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04-13-2009, 11:18 AM | #41 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
They dropped from an airplane and joined the ship--they did indeed fire from the back of the ship.. amazing.. with the waves and stuff.. experts eh?
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04-13-2009, 11:22 AM | #42 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
The captain jumped out with his escape attempt. The article says that the SEALS parachuted in and were picked up by the Bainbridge. So I'm assuming they fired from there.
The fact that the captured pirate is estimated between 16 and 20 years old is sad... very sad. Unfortunately, he made a very adult choice, and has to live with the very adult consequences.
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04-13-2009, 11:34 AM | #43 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
According to the article, they were retrieved from the water by the Bainbridge. From there I would guess they made their shots.
>>>hehe, oops, gotta make sure I'm reading the last page before replying.
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04-13-2009, 12:31 PM | #44 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
The SEAL snipers flew to the area, parachuted into the water, and were picked up by the Bainbridge. They made their shots from the stern of the ship.
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
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She's got a point in that the level of coverage of this was far greater due to the fact that it was an American hostage, and an American flagged ship, but the fact is, the US (and France, as they carried out their own rescue attempt) has the resource, while other countries do not. Some of these mariners are from places like Bangladesh, the Philippines, Romania, etc, which don't have the capability to do this type of rescue. On the other hand there are also Italian and Russian hostages and you'd think those countries would be able to do it, but choose not to for whatever reason. |
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04-13-2009, 02:39 PM | #47 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
Agreed. Because Americans were involved, American media picked it up and promoted. And because Americans were involved, American military was able to *handle* things.
Somalian Piracy... symptom, or problem? The answer to that determines the answer to the problem.
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04-13-2009, 03:23 PM | #49 |
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
Not sure if it was covered in a previous post, but the pirates are now vowing revenge for the rescue of the Captain and (probably more directly) the deaths of their fellows.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30178013 So, what's next? Naval barricade of Somalias coast?
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Re: What to do with these pirates?
I've looked and haven't found a breakdown of current hostages. I have seen indications that the majority are Filipinos.
I've seen articles about the pirates vowing to get even, but let's be real... their "business" is collecting ransoms, and you can't do that with dead hostages. They aren't in the business of stealing and reselling the cargo. Kill a few hostages, though, and hopefully the response will turn into "Hijacked a ship? Okay, we'll sink it... and you." The total area is something like 1.1 million square miles, so patrolling it is easier said than done. However, they've got a few known bases, and patrolling around those should be more easily handled. Felix, there's definitely an opportunity... back to the old days when an armada sailed with protective ships to beat back the pirates.
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