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BBC looking for answers to help Obama: - How can pirates be stopped? ( Have Your Say)
BBC ^ | Thursday, 9 April, 2009, 07:43 GMT 08:43 UK | BBC readers

Posted on 04/11/2009 2:57:30 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: HiTech RedNeck

I have a hard time understanding how the US Navy can have such a difficult time dealing with a handful of pirates on a small boat. It’s not as if they can go anywhere.

We need to do whatever is necessary to get Phillips back (and we need to demand that the exchange be done at sea) and then kill these bastards.


41 posted on 04/11/2009 6:15:41 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Well it does seem the pirates are “going somewhere.” Currents are carrying the boat towards the coast of Africa. The Navy isn’t daring to get close enough to touch the boat, so it’s not like they can get a ship in between.


42 posted on 04/11/2009 6:24:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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I would think that we could get SEALs under the boat and deal with it that way.


43 posted on 04/11/2009 6:30:36 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Yeah, just anchor it with a cable attached to the bottom somehow.


44 posted on 04/11/2009 6:36:40 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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You know, from everything I’ve seen, I do not believe that these pirates have any interest in sacrificing their own lives. They need to be made to understand that the United States of America WILL NOT put up with their BS.


45 posted on 04/11/2009 6:40:49 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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