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On Apr 10, 10:55 am, HK wrote:
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Alternately, we could give our mighty military forces and the mighty
military forces of other interested countries something useful to do
for a change. A few carriers and protective ships in the area, helped
by satellites and flyovers from carrier jets and prop planes, would do
it. We can easily keep track of the merchant vessels, and we can in
real time keep track of suspicious activities by the dinky boats and
ships the pirates operate.

Not enough ships for too big of an ocean. Fast as they may be, they
couldn't respond to a boarding 200 miles away in time to prevent it,
even at 30-35 kts. Maybe they all need to be retrofitted with a bank
of Etecs on their transoms to get there faster.

Eisboch

Eisboch

Or eTec launchers, to toss all the dead eTechs at the pirate boats.

A U.S. and other nation carrier, stationed strategically, could easily
be the mainstay of a force designed to keep the waters clear of pirates.
Remember, satellite technology makes it possible to track these pirate
craft from the moment they leave port.

Lots of small patrol craft are the real answer, all hooked up in a
communications network, with fighter jet backup. Do it the right way,
and no bitty pirate boats are going to be able to get close to the
freighters.

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You sure are dumb.. First off you talk about all these other countries
as if they are going to put their ships in harms way. As we have seen
all around the world is that we and a few other countries are the only
ones with the guts to stand up for ourselves, certainly not any of our
UN partners.. Second, you say we should buy ships from them, pffffttt,
how does that square with all of your other bull**** about more
intelligence and less armement? Forget it, I don't need to read your
dodge...

Another thing you seem to forget is "innocent until proven guilty".
What are you going to do, wipe out every small armed ship in the area.
The UN would immediately take us to the Haige (sp?) for killing
"innocent" fishermen, simply carrying arms to protect themselves from
Pirates.. The list goes on, but we know you rarely think these things
out, you just spew, what a waste of time you are...
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Lets see. They have the capitain hostage right now. When they do get
arrested, it will cost millions to prosecute, and all the UN BS and crap.

I like the old way, slit their wrists and walk the plank. You slit the
wrists so the sharks find them fast. Dead pirates never pirate again.

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:43:09 -0600, "Canuck57"
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I like the old way, slit their wrists and walk the plank. You slit the
wrists so the sharks find them fast. Dead pirates never pirate again.

There is no positive evidence anyone ever walked the plank. Why
bother? Why rig out the plank, when all that is needed is a quick
slash to the throat, or if you hate the guy, a stab in the guts? I
think the gut stab, less messy, and he won't resist much when a couple
of guys shove him over the rail.

Casady

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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:43:09 -0600, "Canuck57"
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I like the old way, slit their wrists and walk the plank. You slit the
wrists so the sharks find them fast. Dead pirates never pirate again.

There is no positive evidence anyone ever walked the plank. Why
bother? Why rig out the plank, when all that is needed is a quick
slash to the throat, or if you hate the guy, a stab in the guts? I
think the gut stab, less messy, and he won't resist much when a couple
of guys shove him over the rail.

Casady


I was reading about the Barbary Pirates and Jefferson. According to the
historical accounts, the US Navy sailors went out of their way to make
examples of captured pirates. They were mutilated, decapitated, heads were
put on pikes and displayed to remaining pirates to see and get impressions
of.

Nice guys, those early sailors.

Eisboch

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:24:00 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


I was reading about the Barbary Pirates and Jefferson. According to
the historical accounts, the US Navy sailors went out of their way to
make examples of captured pirates. They were mutilated, decapitated,
heads were put on pikes and displayed to remaining pirates to see and
get impressions of.

Nice guys, those early sailors.

Hell, it might have been jealousy talking. Most of the pirate ships of
the "Golden Age" were democracies. Captains were elected. Their cruises
could be highly lucrative to all of the crew. Injured crewmen were even
compensated for injuries. Contrast that with traditional ships where the
Captain was all powerful, floggings were a common occurrence, and many
crew were pressed into service.