"Pittman Pirate" wrote in message
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The ship, its contents, and ransom money are just property, a commodity
much less valuable than the lives of the ship crews.

If the shipping companies value these men so much, why to they send them
unarmed into hostile waters? If they are so valued, why doesn't the US
send a team of SEALS in there and clean house? A few 50BMGs on a boat
should keep some skinny villagers away from a huge vessel with just some
warning snots.

If you read closely the descriptions of these crews, they are
multinational and one wonders how they all even communicate. They are
probably the futigives and derelicts of various nations. The main crew
are skilled people. The rest are just oilers and deckhands.




Another elitest. I had to laugh that the pirates in the home port were
saying they are sending out some armed boats to help the contained pirates.
Yup, lots of brain power. Go out with small arms weapons and not hostages
against ships that are armed to the teeth with really badass weapons.