On Nov 19, 7:45*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.

any updates?

Last I heard and Indian warship blew up one of the pirate vessels. *Don't
know which one.

Eisboch


From what I gather, the tankers only have about a 20 man crew with pop
gun armaments at the best. i would certainly think that there could be
room on one of those tankers for better equipped professionals and a
budget to safeguard a hundred mil. cargo.

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Nov 19, 7:45 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...

I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.

any updates?

Last I heard and Indian warship blew up one of the pirate vessels. Don't
know which one.

Eisboch


From what I gather, the tankers only have about a 20 man crew with pop
gun armaments at the best. i would certainly think that there could be
room on one of those tankers for better equipped professionals and a
budget to safeguard a hundred mil. cargo.
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You would think so.

It's George Bush's fault.

Eisboch

"Tim" wrote in message
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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.

any updates?

===

If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..

If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough ships..

Is this country F..ked up or what.

Janet O'Leary wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.

any updates?

===

If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..

If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough ships..

Is this country F..ked up or what.




Hey...it's the military.

On Nov 19, 9:09*am, Boater wrote:
Janet O'Leary wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
....
I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.

any updates?

===

If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..

If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough ships...

Is this country F..ked up or what.

Hey...it's the military.- Hide quoted text -

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Harrrrrry!

Tim wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:09 am, Boater wrote:
Janet O'Leary wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
...
I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.
any updates?
===
If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..
If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough ships..
Is this country F..ked up or what.
Hey...it's the military.- Hide quoted text -

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Harrrrrry!

What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying
it never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Tell me, Tim, after blowing a trillion and a half dollars, what will we
have gained in Iraq? What did we gain in Vietnam because of our
protracted militarism there?

What worked for us, militarily, was Desert Storm, Bosnia, some of our
brief incursions to keep the peace, and most of our humanitarian efforts.

I'm supposed to be impressed by our massive array of ships? What,
precisely, are they doing at the moment? Not much.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:35:45 -0500, Boater
wrote:

What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying
it never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Not always true though. There's been quite a few programs, especially
in recent years and some very expensive ones, that the military has
said they don't want. But they get pushed on the military by
politicians from the areas where the company heading the program is
located.

Steve

"Boater" wrote in message
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I'm supposed to be impressed by our massive array of ships? What,
precisely, are they doing at the moment? Not much.


Most importantly, maintaining a balance of power, deterrence and top stop
training to be prepared at any moment for any global situation. Other than
that, nothing important.

Please don't argue that we don't have a balance of power obligation. Our
security, indeed much of the world's depends on it. If the day ever comes
when another nation ever thinks it can militarily defeat us, the first part
of the battle will have been lost and we'll be obligated to prove to them
how wrong they were. It's better to never have them develop the confidence
to try.

The blue water Navy is tested virtually everyday when at sea. The testing is
not always being done by us.

I, nor many others, I suspect, could care less if you are impressed or not.
It doesn't matter. I understand the mission and the purpose, I believe in
it and I thank God we have it, even if it helps provide security to armchair
whiners like you.

Eisboch

On Nov 19, 9:35*am, Boater wrote:
What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying
it never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Tell me, Tim, after blowing a trillion and a half dollars, what will we
have gained in Iraq? What did we gain in Vietnam because of our
protracted militarism there?


harry, there's really no needc to turn this thread into a political
deal, but your stat3ement about blowing mega bucks in Iraq..., is that
really the military's fault?

No.

"Boater" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:09 am, Boater wrote:
Janet O'Leary wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
...
I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about
100 Million USD worth of crude.
any updates?
===
If one takes a **** in the harbor ,, you go to jail, your boat gets
reposessed, and
your photo is int he paper..
If you hijack an oil tanker, the navy says they don't have enough
ships..
Is this country F..ked up or what.
Hey...it's the military.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harrrrrry!

What? Our military (and I presume everyone else's) is famous for crying it
never has enough, and for wasting taxpayer dollars.

Tell me, Tim, after blowing a trillion and a half dollars, what will we
have gained in Iraq? What did we gain in Vietnam because of our protracted
militarism there?

What worked for us, militarily, was Desert Storm, Bosnia, some of our
brief incursions to keep the peace, and most of our humanitarian efforts.

I'm supposed to be impressed by our massive array of ships? What,
precisely, are they doing at the moment? Not much.

The military did not have and does not have a problem winning battles.
Seems as if Viet Nam was a clusterf**k because of the civilians in control
of the military. Most of the time was Democrats. Was LBJ who signed my
draft letter. The military had no problem beating the Iraq military. Now
that the State Department is in charge, seems as if the problems arise. If
it was up to the military to cure the pirate problem, the Squids would haul
the Jarheads over to Somalia, and the Air Force would drop bombs where the
Jarheads requested devastation and then the Jarheads would go in and finish
cleaning up the pirates. Same in Afghanistan. But the Politicians will not
let the military kill all the warlords.