[Arkinsaw]

What is so difficult about stopping, boarding, and thoroughly searching these ships. Why the hand-wringing? They are, after all, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They are not going to get to a safer place. We board suspected ships all the time. Hell, Osama himself may be on one of these things, or it might just be a load of rotten oysters. Find out for crying out loud.

[blam]

Maybe I'll feel better after I watch Nuclear; Bombing Of Bikini Atoll coming up on the Discover Channel. lol.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

The hand wringing is due to the fact that if indeed these ships are carrying this stuff, that the crew will scuttle the ships to avoid this stuff seeing the light of day and it would present a huge ecological disaster, my bet is they are waiting for a time to do it that will limit the ability for the ships being scuttled.

[punster]

I think the real concern is the crews might scuttle the ships. If there is something really bad on board, sinking them could cause an unparalleled disaster.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What is so difficult about stopping, boarding, and thoroughly searching these ships.

What's so difficult about having them just disappear entirely.

Rogue wave, don't you know?

[ChemistCat]

I heard today that they think the crew may be under orders to sink the ships if they are going to be boarded...and that an environmental disaster is likely to follow. Hence the caution.

Hussein, obviously, thinks NOTHING of ruining the environment, since his own brain is so completely polluted with evil.

Every time I think of it, I get madder and madder at those idiots who are protesting OUR actions.