Comments on: Somali Pirates Live The Good Life

Lavish Spending By Sea-Going Bandits Makes Them Heroes To People Of Poor Coastal Villages

[spinproof]

When Movies jump into real life, suddenly its not so glamorous! The hit Movie Pirates of the Caribbean glamorized Pirates led by Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) with sequel Pirates of the Caribbean 4 soon to be released. Maybe Hollywood can give the Somalia Pirates Movie roles, then they won''t need to do it for real! Maybe Hollywood should stop glamorizing Pirates!

[jckbrn-2009]

(AP) Somalia''s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

Sounds a lot like US elected officials to me - -

[eric_8-2009]

I don''''t know why when I read this story, the first thing that popped in my head was "Obama". Lol. I wonder what that means?


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Posted by deathofUSA at 04:34 PM : Nov 19, 2008
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It means you''re an idiot with nothing wothwhile to contribute and that you need to go back to school. You left yourself wide open on that one buddy ; )

[deathofusa]

I don''t know why when I read this story, the first thing that popped in my head was "Obama". Lol. I wonder what that means?

[escalonz]

On the positive side, as long as the Somali pirates are prospering, we shouldn''''t need to bail them out.
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Who knows, if they can''t be stopped they may someday bail us out............

[sensiblejack]

good luck to the pirates...they are using the tools they have. Now that being said if possible they should be captured/killed/imprisoned/executed as the case may be as law and order must be maintained.... but those are the risks... big payday big reward....my advice to each pirate is after one success, take your money and invest in a less dangerous business like selling cigarettes or cars to the remaining pirates....

[random_radar]

Pirates in Somalia loot $30 million a year. Big deal.

The pirates in America just looted $700,000,000,000 from us for the banking industry, and trillions more every year for their friends.

Worry more about the pirates running our country and forget about Somalia.

[annehere]

to Shanev 137: There is no oil in Somalia, as far as I know. What would he invade for? No carrot... no action.

[annehere]

to Shanev 137: There is no oil in Somalia, as far as I know. What would he invade for? No carrot... no action.

[a_witness-2009]

I think we should have our own pirates to attack the other pirates or at least do a 50/50 split or a finders fee for capturing the pirates booty back. It''s called fire fighting fire.

[smurfcrusher]

"Stealing from the rich, and giving to themselves.
Redistributing wealth - just like Democrats.
Maybe Obama should make these pirates part of his cabinet? They certainly think like Obama does..."

Posted by CBSisPravda

You''ll have to pine about the "good old days" when the ultra rich could siphon off a disproportionate share of tax breaks.

The anti Robin Hood - steal tax dollars from the middle class and give it to the rich. I can live without THAT kind of redistribution, thank you very much.

[demdump]

Let India Navy in charge....

[demdump]

America should follow India Lead since we can do ******

MOGADISHU - An Indian warship destroyed a pirate "mother vessel" in the Gulf of Aden, the navy said Nov. 19, as bandits demanded a ransom for a Saudi super-tanker seized in the most daring sea raid yet.

The Indian frigate INS Tabar, one of dozens of warships from several countries protecting shipping lanes in the area, attacked the Somali pirate ship late Nov. 18 after coming under fire, navy spokesman Nirad Sinha said.

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The incident came as shipping groups reported a new surge in hijackings off Somalia and the International Maritime Bureau said pirates based in the lawless African nation were now "out of control."

"The INS Tabar closed in on the mother vessel and asked her to stop for investigation," the New Delhi navy spokesman said.

"But on repeated calls, the vessel''s threatening response was that she would blow up the naval warship if it approached."

An exchange of fire ensued, causing explosions and the navy ship then used heavy guns. "From what we see in photographs the pirate vessel is completely destroyed," a senior officer said on condition he not be named.

It was the first time a mother ship had been destroyed, in the most significant blow to pirates to date.

[txlakeside]

Idiot .... a super tanker full of oil (flammable) does not need a gun! Some folks are just idiots that think shooting and killing is the solution! One Super tanker on fire and sinking (from guns) would cost way more than the ransom. Use your intelligence and figure it out! Why not pay the pirates to be the security. Why not make Somalia a place where you can get an education and a job ..... but noooooo .... just give everyone guns and let them "for sure" sink the ships! Idiots!

[eric_8-2009]

I''m with you Speakingup21. I don''t think that this should be a political issue. Dem Or Rep. This is, let''s say, a Saudi tanker with $100Mil of precious cargo. I would hire a Blackwater team of 10 bad dudes with 50 cals each. That ship ain''t havin'' no more problems. Period. Pay each guy $100K for a 10 day ride and a plane ticket back. Sounds like a better business plan than Wall Street.

Wanna go?

[shanev137]

I''m surprised Bush hasn''t invaded Somalia and started carpet bombing all it''s citizens.

[demdump]

I''ll quit my job and move there, screw NATO...

[walt1944-2009]

It has been learned that the navies of the world''s super-powers, that is the US, Russia, and Great Britian, claim they are powerless to stop the Somali pirates as they continue to seize shipping at sea.

According to American History, a class that the Great Emperor Bush II slept thru in school, back in the early 1800''s, international shipping was terrorized by roving bands of Islamic pirates operating from Africa. They were called CORSAIRS, and seized any non-Islamic ship sailing off the African coast. If you wanted to protect your ships, you paid them "tribute".

Well, the US stepped in and created the US Navy, with Congress building 6 WOODEN ships to combat the pirates. In a few years, in a joint sea and land operation using US Marines (To the shores of Tripoli!), the US Navy broke the back of the pirates and freed the shipping lanes.

We did it in the early 1800''s using 6 WOODEN SHIPS!

Today, we have huge aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, ships armed with cruise missiles and every high tech weapon imagined, and all costing BILLIONS of dollars.

And with all this technology, WE CAN''T DO WHAT WE DID 200 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!

How PATHETIC!!!!!!!

SIG HEIL, I''M AN ARMCHAIR GENERAL, NOT AN ADMIRAL!!!, BUSH!!!

[summarex]

Uh Oh!
It looks like the idiots in the press are now prepping us for a campaign against pirates! This means low income Americans will be getting themselves killed in order to protect foreign flagged vessels.
Unbelievable!

[sioux4life1]

GOP don''t you have a rock to crawl under, there good doggie, give you a Bush bisket