Especially with the news today the four yachties were killed today by Somali pirates.
Uncle Sam is looking like a pushover. “Kick me.”
The pirates need only to hover around the entrance to the Red Sea. All shipping has to pass the Bab al Mandab. Most Americans mourn the murder of the yachties at the hands of the barbarians, but WTF were they doing in those waters, unarmed? The U S Forces fighting the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa are based in Djibouti. I'd have thought that there would be a flight of gunships standing by for just such an eventuality.
Speaking of "yachties," are you still living aboard "The Busted Flush?"