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I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:01:15 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? AARRRRRRR..... |
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"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 |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) I agree. Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch |
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On Nov 19, 8:53*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. *:) I agree. *Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. *Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch Or we could try Harry's suggestion.... cut and paste em' to death... |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) I agree. Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch Sounds like a plan. Maybe this is a battle Harry could sign on to. |
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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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"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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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On Nov 19, 9:06*am, "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. Excellent thought! When are you going to invent the wheel? |
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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. |
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Tim wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:06 am, "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. Excellent thought! When are you going to invent the wheel? Maybe we need a few more ships... |
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On Nov 19, 10:27*am, 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!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - WAFA at it's best! Wonder if he's gotten that "Subara" yet? Wouldn't be so bad, except that he calls others things like "middle school dropouts" if they dare make a typo. Unless you are one who puts up with his lies and vulgar insults. |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:53:58 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) I agree. Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch LMAO! This thread is almost as much fun as the K. Liesallthetime.Marylandus thread. -- John H. |
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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 |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:07:11 -0500, Boater wrote:
wrote: On Nov 19, 8:53 am, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) I agree. Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch Or we could try Harry's suggestion.... cut and paste em' to death... At least I know how to do that. Your computer skills are...well, no more developed than any your other skills, though I do understand you know how to be bounced down a flight of stairs. Harry, we're talking about ways to do in the pirates here. Stop trying to change the subject. Your moronic statement of this morning is creating a hilarious ruckus. You should be proud! -- John H. |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... We certainly don't have the wherewithal to fight a major war against a big-league country, we've been fighting in a fifth-rate non-country (Iraq) for more than five years, we're doing diddley in Afghanistan, and we can't even interdict Somali pirates. Oh, and thanks to the military and officers like you, we got our asses kicked in Vietnam. Good job, Brownies. What a strange and bizarre summary of military capability by someone who knows so little about it. Even I, if inclined, could blow holes is every statement you made, but I won't. It's too much fun watching you make an ass of yourself. I'll give you a couple of hints to get you started again. We aren't "fighting" a military war in Iraq. That part was done in very short order and in an overwhelming manner. We are using assets designed to fight and win wars as training agencies and police forces. As for "big league" countries, there isn't another one on earth that can compare with the US military capabilities. Sorry to disappoint you. Carry on, expert.. Eisboch |
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"Tim" wrote in message ... 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. ----------------------------------------- You would think so. It's George Bush's fault. Eisboch |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... We certainly don't have the wherewithal to fight a major war against a big-league country, we've been fighting in a fifth-rate non-country (Iraq) for more than five years, we're doing diddley in Afghanistan, and we can't even interdict Somali pirates. Oh, and thanks to the military and officers like you, we got our asses kicked in Vietnam. Good job, Brownies. What a strange and bizarre summary of military capability by someone who knows so little about it. Even I, if inclined, could blow holes is every statement you made, but I won't. It's too much fun watching you make an ass of yourself. I'll give you a couple of hints to get you started again. We aren't "fighting" a military war in Iraq. That part was done in very short order and in an overwhelming manner. We are using assets designed to fight and win wars as training agencies and police forces. As for "big league" countries, there isn't another one on earth that can compare with the US military capabilities. Sorry to disappoint you. Carry on, expert.. Eisboch Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. As for capabilities, do they really matter when most of our adversaries and potential adversaries have or have access to nuclear and biological weapons? Capabilities don't mean what they used to mean, when our adversaries believed in M-A-D. |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... 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 Sorry...I don't buy into the 8' asparagus of the military. I'm not suggesting we do away with it. I just believe that the nature of today's threats have made our military...less relevant. |
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High-value cargo ships/tankers will now become like the Q ships of WW2.
Drop a panel and roll out the 20mm pom pom or 5" gun. Blow their scurvy arses out of the water..ARRRRRRG. JR Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... 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 Sorry...I don't buy into the 8' asparagus of the military. I'm not suggesting we do away with it. I just believe that the nature of today's threats have made our military...less relevant. Would you like to see it become very relevant? Make it obsolete. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:56:17 -0500, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:07:11 -0500, Boater wrote: wrote: On Nov 19, 8:53 am, "Eisboch" wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Tim wrote: I heard that the Somalians captured a giant oil tanker holding about 100 Million USD worth of crude. any updates? Yeah...I posted one. Apparently we don't have a Navy sufficient enough to handle the pirates. :) I agree. Let's quadruple the Navy's annual budget, buy a hundred thousand inflatables equipped with a 50 cal. machine gun and a radar mast with blue flashing lights. Enlist and commission an additional couple of hundred thousand personnel and go into the law enforcement business, world wide, stationing the new craft in every major port and patrol every nautical mile of the world's shipping lanes.. Eisboch Or we could try Harry's suggestion.... cut and paste em' to death... At least I know how to do that. Your computer skills are...well, no more developed than any your other skills, though I do understand you know how to be bounced down a flight of stairs. Harry, we're talking about ways to do in the pirates here. Stop trying to change the subject. Your moronic statement of this morning is creating a hilarious ruckus. You should be proud! Right, Herring. Unlike you and the rest of the right-wing retardos, I don't think the ka-billions of dollars we spend each year on the military buy us what we need. We certainly don't have the wherewithal to fight a major war against a big-league country, we've been fighting in a fifth-rate non-country (Iraq) for more than five years, we're doing diddley in Afghanistan, and we can't even interdict Somali pirates. Oh, and thanks to the military and officers like you, we got our asses kicked in Vietnam. Good job, Brownies. Harry, do you put on a clown mask before you enter here to become the court jester? WAFJ! (Hint: 'J' stands for 'Joke') -- John H. |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:38:20 -0500, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... 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 Sorry...I don't buy into the 8' asparagus of the military. I'm not suggesting we do away with it. I just believe that the nature of today's threats have made our military...less relevant. Harry, you probably don't realize this, but the last few responses to you by Eisboch were *not* compliments. You need to get your head out of wherever it is. -- John H. |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:38:20 -0500, Boater wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... 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 Sorry...I don't buy into the 8' asparagus of the military. I'm not suggesting we do away with it. I just believe that the nature of today's threats have made our military...less relevant. Harry, you probably don't realize this, but the last few responses to you by Eisboch were *not* compliments. You need to get your head out of wherever it is. D'oh. I've been consistently against wasting taxpayer dollars on the military and its toys. |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:38:20 -0500, Boater wrote: Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... 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 Sorry...I don't buy into the 8' asparagus of the military. I'm not suggesting we do away with it. I just believe that the nature of today's threats have made our military...less relevant. Harry, you probably don't realize this, but the last few responses to you by Eisboch were *not* compliments. You need to get your head out of wherever it is. We've been taking up all of Harry's time this morning. How do you expect the man to make a living writing jingles when we keep distracting him. |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. Consider this: New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles. The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers. That's about 80 officers per square mile. Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles. At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile (not counting Iraq forces). Eisboch |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. Consider this: New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles. The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers. That's about 80 officers per square mile. Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles. At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile (not counting Iraq forces). Eisboch We don't have much "presence" in most of Iraq, and...are you saying our troops are now the Iraqi police force? If so, why can't the Iraqis be their own police force? You *do* watch the news or read newspapers, don't you? Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. Consider this: New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles. The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers. That's about 80 officers per square mile. Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles. At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile (not counting Iraq forces). Eisboch We don't have much "presence" in most of Iraq, and...are you saying our troops are now the Iraqi police force? If so, why can't the Iraqis be their own police force? |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. Consider this: New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles. The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers. That's about 80 officers per square mile. Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles. At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile (not counting Iraq forces). Eisboch We don't have much "presence" in most of Iraq, and...are you saying our troops are now the Iraqi police force? If so, why can't the Iraqis be their own police force? You *do* watch the news or read newspapers, don't you? Eisboch You mean, there still are problems with Iraqi civilian agencies, after all the time and money we've wasted there? How can that be? |
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Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Gee, I was wondering why we are still in Iraq with what, 150,000 troops. We're training. Right. Consider this: New York City is composed of approx. 469 square miles. The New York City police force consists of 37,838 officers. That's about 80 officers per square mile. Iraq is composed of approx. 167,400 square miles. At a troop level of 150,000 personel, that's less than one person per mile (not counting Iraq forces). Eisboch We don't have much "presence" in most of Iraq, and...are you saying our troops are now the Iraqi police force? If so, why can't the Iraqis be their own police force? Why don't you go over there and find out for yourself? |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:49:33 -0500, JohnH wrote: Harry, we're talking about ways to do in the pirates here I think the answer as air power. Don't the Saudis have a few AWACs planes. Loiter over the water off Somalia and profile any small boats shadowing their ships. Call in some "air" with 500 lb IR guided bombs to blow them out of the water from altitude. If these pirates discover their boats are simply disappearing without a trace they might stop going out. For that matter the US could do that but we should do it covertly. Officially we don't know why pirate boats are suddenly blowing up at sea. Must be some kind of accident handling munitions or something. Maybe they just have a batch of defective bilge blowers. I am still not sure how these guys are sneaking up on a tanker. Don't they have RADAR? The Israelis have some 50 knot patrol boats, deep vees, that are suitably armed, and armed forces who know how to fight. Perhaps a contract could be let... http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapo.../Shaldag2.html |
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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. |
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:49:33 -0500, JohnH wrote: Harry, we're talking about ways to do in the pirates here I think the answer as air power. Don't the Saudis have a few AWACs planes. Loiter over the water off Somalia and profile any small boats shadowing their ships. Call in some "air" with 500 lb IR guided bombs to blow them out of the water from altitude. If these pirates discover their boats are simply disappearing without a trace they might stop going out. For that matter the US could do that but we should do it covertly. Officially we don't know why pirate boats are suddenly blowing up at sea. Must be some kind of accident handling munitions or something. Maybe they just have a batch of defective bilge blowers. I am still not sure how these guys are sneaking up on a tanker. Don't they have RADAR? They do understand extreme violence. Air power is the answer. Find out what village or town the pirates are from. Then just tell the pirates that the village / town is going to be removed from the desert sands via big bomb method. Then do it. |
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Calif Bill wrote:
wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:49:33 -0500, JohnH wrote: Harry, we're talking about ways to do in the pirates here I think the answer as air power. Don't the Saudis have a few AWACs planes. Loiter over the water off Somalia and profile any small boats shadowing their ships. Call in some "air" with 500 lb IR guided bombs to blow them out of the water from altitude. If these pirates discover their boats are simply disappearing without a trace they might stop going out. For that matter the US could do that but we should do it covertly. Officially we don't know why pirate boats are suddenly blowing up at sea. Must be some kind of accident handling munitions or something. Maybe they just have a batch of defective bilge blowers. I am still not sure how these guys are sneaking up on a tanker. Don't they have RADAR? They do understand extreme violence. Air power is the answer. Find out what village or town the pirates are from. Then just tell the pirates that the village / town is going to be removed from the desert sands via big bomb method. Then do it. Ahh, kill more uninvolved civilians...the American way. |
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