Comments on: Hijacked oil tanker anchored off Somalia coast

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:13:18 +0000

They have taken 12 ships this week alone. If we didn’t have Obama as our next POTUS then I’d say take them out the way we took out the Barbary Pirates in the 1700′s. But with Obama, he will just talk to them.

By: MissBeth

MissBeth — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:20:22 +0000

Wasn’t it Thomas Jefferson who said millions in defense, none for tribute before taking on the pirates in his day? The Triploi pirates? Isn’t that WHY Adams created our Navy in the FIRST PLACE????

Blow ‘em all up and let God sort them out.

By: Patrick Sperry

Patrick Sperry — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:56:40 +0000

I like Carl’s idea. I posted about this over at CLO this morning, with a bit of a different twist to it. Seems we are all pretty much thinking the same thing though.

By: Carl Andrews

Carl Andrews — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:36:42 +0000

Forgot one thing.
Then we keep the ship and it’s cargo for our trouble.

By: Carl Andrews

Carl Andrews — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:35:56 +0000

Surround the ship with U.S. warships (out of range of any weapons these scumbags might have), and wait until they starve to death.
What about the crew?
Hey, if you are that stupid to sign on for something carrying that valuable a cargo without arming yourself, the gene pool is better off without you in it!

By: Malinda777

Malinda777 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:03:54 +0000

Who floats around with $100 Million dollars of goods and isn’t armed for bear? Hell, even the Brinks guys have three guys, massive gunpower, and a dog on each truck!

You are all right! Boom Boom – Out Go the Lights! No more tanker, no more pirates.

By: cary - Botan Ichihara

cary - Botan Ichihara — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:35:46 +0000

Oo, Oo, don’t hurt their feewings! They have the right to make a living! They are poor, third-world people and this is their culture!

I’m gonna throw a big ol’ BS Flag on this kind of thinking. When cultures clash, as this shows, the rights belong to the property owners, not the trespassers. Kill ‘em all, and let the liberals whine. Try not to kill the crew, but hey, if they can’t defend themselves …

It’s time to really and truly let the strong survive. Not the sneaky, but the strong.

By: Basti

Basti — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:44:32 +0000

Teddy Roosevelt would have put up with this for about 10 seconds before he would have sent the US Navy & Marines in and blown all this trash to hell. What part of, “Kill all the pirate bastards,” don’t we understand today?

By: LoneRider

LoneRider — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:43:57 +0000

Hmmm, think Blackwater is going to get a few new contracts??

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_blackwater_102608w/

By: BobF

BobF — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:34:01 +0000

Twenty five crewmen about the tanker. If these crewmen had been armed and a few 50 cal guns placed in strategic locations throughout the ship along with some RPG’s or similar type shoulder fired weapons, the pirates would be fish food right now. When the merchant ships start fighting back, the pirates will back off real fast.