tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post949404357839810617..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: If You’re Following The Somali Pirate StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-66806469595445161162009-04-11T23:05:00.000-04:002009-04-11T23:05:00.000-04:00Agree 100% with the article. It's basic common se...Agree 100% with the article. <BR/><BR/>It's basic common sense, we should learn from our history.<BR/><BR/>I especially liked this part.<BR/><BR/>'Many would complain about such tactics but, in my opinion, pirates have no rights – indeed, it will be vital to exclude human rights lawyers from the anti-piracy campaign.'<BR/><BR/>Scott S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-110955463409078782009-04-11T18:43:00.000-04:002009-04-11T18:43:00.000-04:00The problem will be is there really the will on th...The problem will be is there really the will on the part of the Europeans and the United States to do what needs to be done. I am not sure that the current administration has the stomach to do anything other than to say that we are against piracy. The Europeans would much rather have the Americans do the down and dirty work so that they can then sit back and carp about every move.<BR/>Frankly, it is appalling that an American citizen is being held by pirates and bobbing around in a lifeboat (as I write this) with a gun to his head - meanwhile our navy monitors the situation. The US is quickly becoming a paper tiger - something I never thought I would live to see.<BR/>cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-38990687616304676692009-04-11T13:39:00.000-04:002009-04-11T13:39:00.000-04:00Keegan is spot on as to what needs to be done. But...Keegan is spot on as to what needs to be done. But I wager he would admit it's unlikely there are sufficient world leaders with the backbone and the testosterone to do what's necessary.<BR/> For the decoy ships, all that would be required would be a bank of flamethrowers on port and starbord quarter. Let the pirates try boarding a barbecue!<BR/> One of my last assignments with the Navy Antiterrorist Alert Center in the eighties and nineties was to monitor piracy incidents affecting US Navy assets. Although the problem has grown much larger in the past three or four years, it's not new by any means. Something should have been done long ago before it became the serious problem it is. But just like al Qaeda--if Slick Willie had done his job, there's a good chance we would never have experienced 9-11.<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com