Navy rescue personnel from the dock landing ship Ashland pull suspected pirates from the sea off the coast of Djibouti on Saturday, April 10, 2010. (Petty officer 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky U.S. Navy)
Posted on 07/05/2010 1:25:07 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
Navy rescue personnel from the dock landing ship Ashland pull suspected pirates from the sea off the coast of Djibouti on Saturday, April 10, 2010. (Petty officer 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky U.S. Navy)
“Under that law, they say, Greenpeace activists who forcibly prevent a whaling ship from conducting its mission could be considered pirates.”
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And??
my thought exactly
I agree.
The stupid hippies from Whale Wars fly the Pirate Flag..and call themselves pirates I say we should treat them as such.....
The should be treated like terrorists..Shot on Sight..Not brought back to the US for a trial.
“...a whaling ship from conducting its mission could be considered pirates.”
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Wait till someone gets killed and the rules of the game will be established.
We should have never rescued them; they could have been easily categorized as “lost at sea”. Why do we bother when we are at war with these mohammedans? We have gone totally mad, and now they’re in our courts stateside, when this is an international incident? We need a naval version of the 3 S’s: “shoot, shovel and shut up”...Shoot, sink and shut up?
That was my thought too. Sure seems to me by that flag that they want to appear as pirates.
That whole history of combating piracy in the early 1800’s is fascinating. Adams urged Jefferson to pay tribute to the pirates. Jefferson refused. “Millions for defense, not one penny for tribute” was the slogan of the day. Young, heroic secret agents traveled over the desert from Egypt to where captives were held and staged daring rescues, etc. Jefferson in Paris urged europeans to unite to combat the piracy. It took a while before they responded. Thank goodness they are atually helping in Afghanistan.
Good for these lawyers for pointing such things out. Too bad the regime doesn’t get that pirates should be made to walk the plank, not stand trial in court.
the 1819 law may be just fine (I haven’t read it but....)
yes, treat the Greenpeace clowns who interfere with other sea traffic as pirates
yes, treat the Somali thugs who fired on a US warship (DUH, how stoopid are they?) as pirates
open-and-shut cases, thank you
There ya go.
Two mistakes, one was rescuing them, which led to the second, bringing them to Norfolk.
Now the lawyers will drag the trial out until the pirates end up w/ 'time served'.
There ya go.
Two mistakes, one was rescuing them, which led to the second, bringing them to Norfolk.
Now the lawyers will drag the trial out until the pirates end up w/ 'time served'. (and rich lawyers)
They were caught engaging in an act of piracy.....and they are being DEFENDED?!
Good frakin grief, please, please bring back the days when these idiot pirates were hung or shot after they were caught engaging in an act of piracy...... =.=
“Your honor, I refer to you paragraph arrrrrrrrr.”
“..Under that law, they say, Greenpeace activists who forcibly prevent a whaling ship from conducting its mission could be considered pirates....”
As others have said “And?”
I got no problem with whalers using shotguns to clear the decks of boarders.
Still in principle I agree with you.
“The should be treated like terrorists..Shot on Sight..Not brought back to the US for a trial.”
We could just amputate some their leg as the navy did. That would put meat back on the menu boys.
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