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BBC looking for answers to help Obama: - How can pirates be stopped? ( Have Your Say)
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| Thursday, 9 April, 2009, 07:43 GMT 08:43 UK
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Posted on 04/11/2009 2:57:30 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Attack the pirate’s homes. It should be easy to track them down — they are the only rich people in Somali.
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posted on
04/11/2009 2:59:10 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
How can pirates be stopped?
Kill them.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:00:06 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Armed escorts with these ships. If that isn’t feasible,then install gatlin guns,arm the men with semi automatics.Go in armed!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:01:11 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
How to stop pirates: Furnish them disincentives and, not incidently, impair their capabilities.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:02:27 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Arm the cargo ships. Heavily. With ex-military that is well paid and well fed. Blow the bastards out of the water as they approach. Once or twice, word will spread, game over.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
one well placed bullet will do it.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Admit to the world that Somalia has outlived any usefulness it ever had. Begin bombing tomorrow. Stop some time after July 4th.
Turn a SEAL team loose on the goons holding the Captain.
Not exactly nice suggestions, I admit. But, when we did not nuke Somalia after what they did to Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon, we failed.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:05:58 PM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:07:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ummm...., make these other countries who have been paying “ransoms” for years to these pirates *pay us* to “rescue their butts”.... LOL...
Oh... and one more thing..., these countries have to come to the White House, on their hands and knees and beg the U.S. to help them out of the situation that they created for themselves... then we might help them...
To: Volunteer
I think the present administration would file a complaint with the United Nations, and issue a SEVERE WARNING.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Easy...arm your crew for petes sake. I think the whole world has gone dumb.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:09:09 PM PDT
by
briarbey b
(There is nothing new under the sun.)
To: freedumb2003
Absolutely, go after the booty they get. So far they've gotten away with their piracy mostly cost-free. Start making them pay through the nose by attacking their homes, their villages/cities, etc. Put a blockade around their miserable, worthless little country and blow anything out of the water that looks like a pirate ship. If a few innocent ships get sunk it will only serve to make everyone more careful.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:09:33 PM PDT
by
jwparkerjr
(God Bless America!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Every American movie fan knows that you’ve got to make them an offer they can’t refuse.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:11:04 PM PDT
by
devere
To: rovenstinez
I think the present administration would file a complaint with the United Nations, and issue a SEVERE WARNING. Hans Brix????
Hans, you're breaking my barrs here!
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:11:25 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The majority opinion on the site is that military force should be used against the pirates. I think the Western world is stating to get fed up.
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:12:23 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
To: jwparkerjr
Also, don’t forget to make these countries — *pay us* — for rescuing their butts, since they are the ones who created this problem by paying ransom to these pirates for years.
First of all, make these countries and/or shipping companies pay us all the money that they’ve paid to the pirates up to now. That should be a good down payment.
Then these guys have to come to the White House, bow down and beg the U.S. to “rescue their butts” from these pirates.
After that, they have to pay the U.S. for continuing “protection” in the area...
That should about do it... :-)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:15:29 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: bill1952
i agree, put them to the sword
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posted on
04/11/2009 3:19:36 PM PDT
by
alfie
(peace through superior firepower)
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