Posted on 08/07/2011 10:14:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Yeah, interesting, eh? Drake was a privateer, wound up taking some time out of his day spent lawn bowling to go to the battle with the Armada, organized the fire ships attack which started the process of destroying command and control. I think there’s a topic around here on how Drake had gotten the idea when something like it was done to him during a raid on a Spanish or Portuguese port. :’)
Heh... I love that scene.
I just went to a website that has the old MASH episodes to find and replay that scene. I found it. The thing is, this website somehow removed the laugh track. It makes the humor much more poignant and less slapstick, somehow.
Thanks Pharmboy.
This thread was just asking for a Geraldo reference, LOL.
How about Horse Pucky!
It would be interesting to see if a modern day Letter of Marque could be devised to allow private attack on Somali pirates, including confiscating their loot/bank accounts. Could clean the problem up very quickly.
I suppose the bleats from the "human rights" crowd, UN and EU would never allow it.
Methinks judicious and frequent issuance of Letters of Marque would solve a whole lotta problems. Piracy and spam, for two.
My wife's aunt went to high school with him there.
Thanks BHT.
If the Straits were just closed to all traffic other than authorized trade vessels — by authorized, I mean, authorized by the countries which move the freight through there, closed to all other traffic, all under the auspices of the UN — and all other ships either boarded and seized or sunk on sight, there’d be no Somali pirates.
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