Posted on 04/11/2009 4:48:53 PM PDT by bergmeid
After a lull in business during the first months of 2009, Somalia’s increasingly brazen pirates expect to be back in the money with nearly half a dozen foreign vessels captured in the last week alone...
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.co.ke ...
For years, no USA ship was attacked. What changed? Oh yeah, ZERO was elected. Open season on USA interests.
Just another one of those “spreading the wealth around” things that are very popular right now.
When Obama said “save jobs” he didn’t mean yours. :)
And now a word from Kenya....
they got some good docchop shops there.
Why don’t they try an old WWI trick: Q-Ships
Exactly.. Build a mousetrap and process these pirates to chum.
>And now a word from Kenya....
I’m just waiting for the news that the pirates are demanding ransom in Zimbabwe Dollars because they’re more “stable and more valuable”... [/sarc]
We could solve our budget deficit by capturing our own ships and demanding ransom, which could be paid by printing money.
Or, just a platoon of heavily armed Marines on a nice fat cargo ship ought to lure the pirates to their doom.
don’t you mean: And now a word from the Kenyan: Guys were talking about the economy right now.
Hmmm..
Makes me want to buy “Pirate Futures.”
Arrrggg.
Obama’s Easter Message: America Arrogant, Derisive, Divisive... and Not Christian
LOS ANGELES, April 10 /Christian Newswire/ — During his recent trip to Europe and the Muslim nation of Turkey, President Barack Obama told the Europeans that the U.S. has been “arrogant, derisive and divisive.” During an address to the Turkish Parliament, President Obama also said, “We [Americans] do not consider ourselves a Christian nation....” Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND Action, Inc., released the following statement responding to the President’s remarks:
“President Obama is mischaracterizing America’s great history as a force for good which is a direct result of our nations Judeo-Christian values. It’s disturbing that just days before Easter, Obama would go to a predominantly Muslim nation and deny the truth about our Christian identity.
“Mr. President, your apology tour will not deter al- Qaeda. You are weakening this country and inviting our enemies to attack. Obama’s comments degrading America sounds like a page out of Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.’s black liberation theology. It’s now clearly apparent that Obama’s mentors Rev. Wright, Saul Olinsky and other godless American haters have profoundly influenced Mr. Obama’s opinion of this country.
“It’s troubling that the President is uttering these lies about a nation he has sworn to lead and protect. Barack Obama’s recent remarks coupled with his actions over the past two months leave no doubt that it is he who is arrogant and derisive, not the American people.”
Seems to me that we very probably know a great deal about these animals...like where they gather, where they stage from, etc.
A couple of cruise missiles would probably convince a whole boatload (sorry, couldn’t resist) of them to rethink their career choice.
Just sayin’
For starters, put a cruise missile into Mogadishu and all other known pirate terrorist hotbeds.
Level all those waterfront houses owned by the terrorists.
Think “Libya II”.
For pity’s sakes!
The pirates are using FISHING BOATS!!!!!!!!!
Am I the only person on this planet who sees how ridiculous it is for a cargo vessel displacing 20 thousand tons to be “seized” by a bunch of illiterate savages riding in a hollowed out tree trunk with an outboard motor?
COME ON!! Gilligan’s boat was bigger than what these guys are riding on out there!
“Good Times” and the Pirates are going to be “Moving on Up!”
The Somalis need a little cash to tide them over until Obama gets themm all moved to the USA.
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