To: HAL9000
So who is the freaking navigator on that “luxury” tour ship. Somalia- most dangerously pirate ridden seacoast on the planet + a shipload of really rich doofuses = nice ransome injection into a the local economy.
To: Yollopoliuhqui
So who is the freaking navigator on that “luxury” tour ship. Somalia- most dangerously pirate ridden seacoast on the planet + a shipload of really rich doofuses = nice ransome injection into a the local economy.Look at a map. If you're trying to go through the Suez Canal, you can't avoid going near Somalia. It's one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. The alternative is going around the Cape of Good Hope, and enduring the roaring forties in a sailboat, on a much longer (and more expensive) trip doesn't seem like a whole lot of fun.
63 posted on
04/05/2008 9:34:03 AM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Yollopoliuhqui
"a shipload of really rich doofuses"
Article says that the "rich doofuses" are not on board - the 'yacht' was returning from a job but only crew was onboard. Still makes you wonder how far out to sea they were .... too bad they couldn't ram the pirates.
64 posted on
04/05/2008 9:40:48 AM PDT by
Enchante
(Hillary's many 3 am phone calls will say that Bill is "ridin' dirty" with a barmaid on the DC Mall)
To: Yollopoliuhqui
It’s possible the pirates were operating off a mother ship. Where was she taken?
67 posted on
04/05/2008 9:45:04 AM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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