Comments on: Somalis Vow To Take Ship Back From Pirates

Port Official Says Force Will Be Used If Necessary Should Supertanker Anchor Near Port

[TommyCraig]

well after somalia beat the daylights out of the US in war in the past I doubt that the 5th fleet has half the balls to say anything about the superior speedboats the somali navy possesses.
Posted by andrew_693 at 10:05 AM : Nov 18, 2008

Another uninformed idiot.

[luvcomments]

Instead of the Russian and US warships in the area, why not patrol with submarines armed with torpedoes and blow the thieving rag-tags outta the water before they board the targeted vessels? Do that a few times and I bet it will be a huge deterrent. Like old times when people had commonsense and the guts to protect what doesn''t belong to a thief.

[legacyabq]

Something is not right..

This just doesn''t add up

[au_fait]

The conservative administration has so weakened the
US Military that they can not even handle some clowns
in a speedboat.

Posted by pythoncharly
2 things

1. It is not our ship, so why get involved. If we do some whiney liberal will *** about it.
2. The incident with the USS Cole happened during a democratic presidency. So don''t say it was a repulicon''s fault. Teh republican party wanted to make the country stronger. The US citizens have become such pansies that they cannot stomach what it would take to make sure things of this nature will not occur.

[kuei12]

"How on earth can a bunch of rag tag guys in open 18%u2019 boats, with outboard engines, pull over a ship that is bigger than an aircraft carrier and highjack it? Anybody know? "

step 1. Get your lazy @ss of the couch
step 2 get your buddies to do the same
step 3 rent a boat
step 4 buy weapons and ammo
step 5 cruise out and find a huge boat. very easy because they are so big
step 6 climb aboard pirate style
step 7 point guns at crew
step 8 demand ransom
step 9 use ransom to buy drugs hookers more boats and more weapons
step 10 repeat steps 4 thru 10 until someone catches on

[flipper137]

I asked this question yesterday but didn''t get an answer from anyone so I''ll ask again. How on earth can a bunch of rag tag guys in open 18%u2019 boats, with outboard engines, pull over a ship that is bigger than an aircraft carrier and highjack it? Anybody know?

[benobana]

These men look white to me that is in this photo

[jaxshante]

What I can''t understand is how can a bunch of goons in a raft or a john boat hi-jack a ship the size of a football field or larger? That''s like a car jacker on a bike trying to jack an 18 wheeler.

[grvmstrj]

Something''s fishy here.

[kuei12]

"Never pay ransom, or you will set up a business"

What do you mean? Paying ransom is the only thing the entire us economy is based on.

[pierson98]

Some of the comments here are both insightful and genuinely funny. Good stuff, guys!

[ascension64]

Sounds like a setup to me. After being in the US Navy for 20 years, I know there are many ways to keep pirates off your vessel:
1. Pick a different route.
2. Arm your crew with side arms. (Borders cant shoot while climbing up the side of your ship)
3. Install lock havens for the bridge and engine rooms(the pirates would just be passengers then)
There are more but I dont wanna make this long.

[au_fait]

This is a situation where companies similar to Black Water should be hired. Each time you pay a ransom, you set a precedent for another hostage situation. Instead use the funds for the ransom for oversight by a protection agency or a special ops team to go in and rescue the ship. Yes some people will get hurt at this time, but hopefully with no ransoms being paid the piracy will end. if not maybe they will run out of pirates as each band of thieves are killed.

[stevex47]

Obviously an inside job.

[freckster]

How the he11 can these guys even get on board such a huge ship? Just blow the pirates out of the water on their way out to sea. No one will know what came of them. When the pirates don''t show up at their target and don''t come back, there will be fewer who follow.

[zwaggsy]

This ship was over 400 nautical miles off the coast & given it''s immense size (making it extremely hard to capture) it beggars belief that a bunch of Somali pirates just happened to stumble across it & successfully board it while still mobile.

I agree with some off the earlier posts, it sounds too staged. Wouldn''t be surprised if this was a Saudi plot to drive up the price of oil after all providing security for these vessels wont come cheap!

[neonink]

Never pay ransom, or you will set up a business.

Hire Halliburton to ride along on ships. Another business opportunity. Surely the Saudi''s can afford it. We Americans have had to pay Halliburton to protect Iraq.

[andrew_693]

well after somalia beat the daylights out of the US in war in the past I doubt that the 5th fleet has half the balls to say anything about the superior speedboats the somali navy possesses.

[gop_will_win]

Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirates Life for ME!


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Posted by DaVicar1
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Come on Flapjack, the fish await.

[rf35]

Quick...somebody call Orlando Bloom! He''ll take care of this.