Russian navy ‘sent Somali pirates to their death’

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[arthurus]

re already fighting that sort of war in Afghanistan. Note the new Medal for Cowardice in the face of the enemy.

[DrC]

“It seems the Russian catch and release policy is more effective than other nations policies.”

I think it would only take a handful more incidents in which Russia or other countries dealt with pirates in this fashion and the Somali pirate problem would magically disappear.

[DejaJude]

One Somali news website reported a conversation with an unidentified pirate who claimed the men were indeed dead – but said they had all been shot before they were loaded into the skiff. There is no evidence for this account

I would believe an unidentified pirate as much as I would Palestinian sources.

[Chode]

and the down side is???

[jazusamo]

Exactly...When the people in Somalia running this show only get dead pirates instead of ships and crews they can ransom it’ll stop, this has been allowed to continue far too long.

[SandRat]

and the problem with that is????

[Vince Ferrer]

SO SAD! PERHAPS THEY WILL LEARN THAT THE RUSSIAN’S ARE NOT AS NICE AS THE CHUMPS IN AMERICA. We would have fed them, clothed them and given them 1,000,000 as we wrongly arrested them.

Well, maybe we would have put panties on their heads, but then we would agonized over it for several years.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

“Sunbathers watch Russian marines training for Navy Day, on a beach of the Neva River in St Petersburg, Russia.”

But why are they pointing guns at the Muslim sunbather in the burqa?

[Erasmus]

Their commander put the Anna and her cousin there as a test to make sure the guys could pay attention to their assignment.

[denydenydeny]

"Why should we feed some pirates?"

This gets strong consideration as my next tagline.

[Pollster1]

they had all been shot before they were loaded into the skiff

Okay, perhaps the pirates were bleeding, but the Russians released them alive and with an inflatable boat (did the shots produce a leak in the boat too?). I'll bet they were even read some form of their Miranda rights: "you have the right to remain silent - permanently". What more do liberals want from Russia?

[Feckless]

For the first time in my life I have a reason to like the Ruskie Squids.....

[hinckley buzzard]

Three cheers for the Russian navy. Reminds me of Patton's attitude toward German PW's: They just slow the Army down unnecessarily and hinder it in completing its mission. (You can read between the lines.)

[snowman717]

If we could have a small marine carrier their, with a 2 engine prop plane with a Gattling gun on both sides and high teck photo cameras, then we could see what they have and those small skiffs, and if it is pirates with pirates gear, give them the 1000 round a minute, for 20 seconds until they are all dead. They don’t go by the rules, neighter should we. Africa cannot attack us, they don’t have shit. 1 carrier and 2 gattling guns planes for long distance flying 3 or 4 times a day there won’t be many small skiffs left, after a few month or pirates. Then us frigits to board the bigger mother ship that don’t stop to be searched, or answer they ship radios, and if pirates aboard kill them. If every pirates that go to sea does not return, we will win, win.