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Critics say US should attack Somali pirates' land bases
Christian Science Monitor ^
| April 10, 2009
| Arthur Bright
Posted on 04/10/2009 9:19:58 AM PDT by Scanian
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"Is it time to replace bluewater policing with tactics of Jefferson, who defeated the Barbary pirates on land?"
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:19:59 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Scanian
Fewer pirates on land mean fewer pirates at sea ... take them out.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:20:59 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
To: Scanian
After we defeat them, we’ll bring in millions more of them as refugees.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:22:02 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: Scanian
Sounds like a perfect job for a battleship, if we still had them.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:22:33 AM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(No teleprompters were harmed in the creation of this post.)
To: Scanian
The pirates have a big problem now. The USS Boxer just showed up. It’s carrying a Marine Expeditionary Unit. Within that MEU is a Battalion Landing Team. Combined arms, air, helicopter assault and amphibious landing companies.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:23:10 AM PDT
by
gandalftb
(An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
To: mgc1122
i agree, enough with the finger wagging and letter writing...good grief does this country not know how to stand up for itself anymore...??
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:24:14 AM PDT
by
tatsinfla
To: Scanian
The pirates will never release all their hostages because they’re the only thing keeping them alive. I just don’t see a way out that will save all the hostages without empowering the pirates.
The more we give them the upper hand, the more their demands will grow.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:24:41 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: gandalftb
your point..??...do you really think we will unleash the dogs...??...
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:25:10 AM PDT
by
tatsinfla
To: Scanian
I agree that we should take out the Somali pirates' land bases. I also think it is advisable to kill a lot of their women and children. A gratuitously large number of them.
Serious.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:26:10 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(American Revolution II -- overdue)
To: Scanian
We have “little choice”? We have as much “choice” as we want to take. It boils down to the fact that we no longer have leadership. Our government wouldn’t even shoot down a missile if it was launched against us.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:26:20 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: tatsinfla
“good grief does this country not know how to stand up for itself anymore...??”
Apparently the current administration is afraid to try. Ditto the majority of the world.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:27:05 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
To: Sybeck1
So we are going to send a carrier battle group to take on four guys in a life raft because a DDG wasn’t enough? This is a battle of political will not a battle of fire power. The moment the Bainbridge stood by and let the pirates recapture the captain after he escaped this morning it was over. They called our bluff and Obama was found wanting. Sending more ships won’t do a damn bit of good if Obama won’t let them fight. The war is over, we lost on a Tuesday last November.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:27:37 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: gandalftb
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: Scanian
Not only that, but we should declare that we will destroy any boat from Somalia that is in international waters (greater than 12 miles from the coast).
To: mgc1122
its a shame to think of all the men and women that fought for this country...the mental and physical injurys and all that died and for what....so this asshat can apologize to world for our behavior and basically hand us over to the enemy.....sad sad state.....
To: Scanian
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:30:33 AM PDT
by
Clint Williams
(Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | America -- a great idea, didn't last.)
To: gandalftb
The USS Boxer just showed up. It’s carrying a Marine Expeditionary Unit. Within that MEU is a Battalion Landing Team. Combined arms, air, helicopter assault and amphibious landing companies.
But why would we think that the appeaser in chief would actually permit them to do their job?
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:31:35 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: gandalftb
The pirates have a big problem now. The USS Boxer just showed up. It’s carrying a Marine Expeditionary Unit. Within that MEU is a Battalion Landing Team. Combined arms, air, helicopter assault and amphibious landing companies.
Won't do any good if the muslim president doesn't give orders.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:31:37 AM PDT
by
Sig Sauer P220
(Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people ----- Thomas Jefferson)
To: mgc1122
Apparently the current administration is afraid to try. Even Jimmy Carter would have given it a go. Obama is worse than Jimmuh!
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:32:30 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
To: Sig Sauer P220
Well, at least he asked for the Boxer.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:33:04 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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