Get the hint. Obama?
Posted on 05/11/2010 10:31:17 AM PDT by LouAvul
The Somali pirates who were captured in an assault operation after hijacking a Russian tanker near the Gulf of Aden and then released by Russian military officials have not reached the coast and have apparently perished, a top-ranking source in Russia's Defense Ministry told journalists on Tuesday.
Russia's Moscow University tanker was hijacked last week near the Gulf of Aden. Ten pirates were captured and one was killed in the assault operation.
The captured pirates were initially to be sent to Moscow for prosecution, but Russian military officials then made the decision to release them, citing the absence of a legal base to carry out prosecution procedures against pirates.
The pirate's boat reportedly disappeared from radars an hour after they had been released by the Russian military.
MOSCOW, May 11 (RIA Novosti)
A gut-wrenching nightmare for the pirates.
Get the hint. Obama?
That's what I was thinking as well.
I was also wondering if the pirates got their 72 Mermaids. ;~))
I’m guessing they let the Pirates go.....followed them to the Mother Ship and then killed everyone....that’s what I would do.
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nudge nudge wink wink ——get my drift?
I don’t understand how it’s come to this. In the 18th Century pirates were, by definition, without legal rights because they had withdrawn their allegiance to any flag. That meant that they could be shot on sight, and hanged if caught. How did we lose sight of that useful concept?
I love happy endings!
Those pirates’ families should be thankful that none of the pirates killed any Russians.
What has puzzled me all along about these pirates, is how the United States went out of it’s way to avoid taking them out.
I thought our fleet was out there to insure the shipping lanes were kept open. Over the last five years, the U.S. seldom lifted a finger.
What this did, was create a situation where other nations stepped in. Is that really what we foresee as a great condition on the high seas?
People who have lamented the U.S. being the world’s policeman, are going to see in short order why that was beneficial to them, personally. Our nation is withdrawing from the world.
China, Russia, others are going to fill that void. And so, instead of our ships slipping past other nation’s shores, we will have other nation’s ships slipping past ours.
Instead of us projecting overseas, we will be forced to defend our nation from our shores.
Those who lamented the U.S. being the world’s police, you’re getting what you wanted. And when you get it fully, you’ll begin to see why it was a bad idea. Sadly, it will be too late.
I’m sure the pirates felt so bad about attacking the ship they committed mass suicide.
...or 'developed' one...
Maybe some ruffians on the open seas confronted them on their boat...
Me too.
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