Posted on 04/26/2009 9:54:30 AM PDT by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) Workers from an Israeli security firm thwarted attempts by Somalian pirates on Saturday night to hijack an Italian pleasure cruiser with its 1,500 passengers, within the Indian Ocean.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Israeli justice is prompt and defining. I doubt if any of these poor misunderstood starving youths made it back to shore.
...Pinto [ship commander] reported that he subsequently instructed the Israeli security guards to remove their pistols from the safe and to fire towards the pirates...
Why employ security if you're going to lock up their tools?
Saving this ship just proves the stupidity of those who say ships should not shoot at pirates.
>Why employ security if you’re going to lock up their tools?<
To remain politically correct.
Gee, using weapons against pirates worked.
Who would of have ever thought of that novel idea?
Israeli justice may be decisive, but now that the info is out, no doubt UN or Spain will start the criminal proceedings and prosecutions of the Israeli security guards.
ALL mine are sitting around cleaned, loaded and ready in special places throughout.
An old saying that was drilled into me:
An unloaded firearm is a club.
An unloaded magazine is a stone.
A loose bullet is a pebble.
Keep them all loaded up!
Sounds prudent to me.
It's good to see that people all over the world "get it". Our world is a dangerous place.
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