Pirated ship,

[Fredtheobviouspseudonym]

There was an international agreement in the 1870s (IIRC) that forbade arming of merchant ships. The US of A pushed for it as we had suffered serious losses at the hands of CSA raiders in the War Between the States -- raiders that were (guess what) often armed merchantmen.

In those days a.) piracy was at a very low level and b.) there were plenty of gunboats available from the "evil imperialists" of the day to terminate any practitioners of the art -- with extreme prejudice.

I can't recall how Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty justified arming British merchantmen in War One but he basically told the international community that they could take their "law" and shove it up his cigar and light it.

We followed Churchill's model in War's One and Two.

Dare I say it? Perhaps there aren't enough Churchills out there to deal with the current situation.

A version of the WW II Naval Armed Guard would, IMHO, work wonders on making a few pirates components of the marine food chain; other possible pirates would get the idea.

[Mk VII]

Nobody would want to pay for it - and with most ships under foreign flags of convenience that shows how much shipping owners want to invest in safety.

[pdh]

As I recall pirates were a problem in the past and the marines were sent in to clean them out. I believe they can do it again.

[SSgt's Son]

So could the SEALS.

But that assumes that the Commander in Chief isn't a gutless S*o*B who is more concerned with making the US a Socialist State and installing himself as the new Fuhrer. Oops, sorry, i meant "LEADER"...

[Larry G.]

You were right the first time, Fuhrer,or maybe Commisar.

[lonewolf]

I think you both mean 'EMIR', that is his background & religion

[John L. Lucci]

There was an international agreement in the 1870s (IIRC) that forbade arming of merchant ships. The US of A pushed for it as we had suffered serious losses at the hands of CSA raiders in the War Between the States -- raiders that were (guess what) often armed merchantmen.

In those days a.) piracy was at a very low level and b.) there were plenty of gunboats available from the "evil imperialists" of the day to terminate any practitioners of the art -- with extreme prejudice.

I can't recall how Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty justified arming British merchantmen in War One but he basically told the international community that they could take their "law" and shove it up his cigar and light it.

We followed Churchill's model in War's One and Two.

Dare I say it? Perhaps there aren't enough Churchills out there to deal with the current situation.

A version of the WW II Naval Armed Guard would, IMHO, work wonders on making a few pirates components of the marine food chain; other possible pirates would get the idea.

I think we're a little out of luck on having a Churchill to lead. Last I heard they have the Navy on site, but flying in the FBI to negotiate.

These stupid seaborne chocolate covered camel jockeys are sitting in a lifeboat and making a laughingstock out of us (Not to mention our own lefty thumbsucking liberals) by tying up a multimillion dollar naval asset and allowing them to do nothing.

It's with some irony that the asset put together to handle just these situations is inactivated, this is the mission of Seal Team 6. That life boat should be full of dead and dying Somalis and all Americans should be safe aboard the Bainbridge or in flight for the CONUS.

[Former Cav]

I have the solution!
they are 250 miles from shore!
take ONE 50 caliber round and insert it into a barret M-82 rifle and shoot their motor. Now they have a long ways to "paddle to shore".
Tell them they have 10 minutes to give up the captain or one of them gets capped, and if they give the captain up we might tow them towards shore a ways.
At 10 minutes.... when they DO NOT do what we told them, put another 50 caliber round through one of the pirates head!
Tell them they have 10 minutes before the next one gets it.
That will solve the problem!
If they give up the captain then CAP all of them EXCEPT ONE and be sure to wrap them in HOG SKIN and then bring the one guy to shore with the other pirates bodies wrapped in hog skin!!
But we will pu$$y foot around and apologize that we hurt the poor muslims feelings when this is nothing more then armed robbery (pirates) at sea period.
I was thinking of telling my worthless congress men and senators this, but I know they would treat that piece of mail, fax, and / or phone call like they have the rest of them.
NO ANSWER.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Home intruders are there for 3 things, and one is not to wake you up and say hello. They want to rob you, kill you, or rape the females. An intruder in your home is free game, shoot to kill. If I was on a ship, that would be my home. Same defense, shoot to kill. They will get the message for the next time.
I don't see a reason to *****foot around, no negotiation, no bagaining.
What the ....

[7.62 NATO]

It's just wishful thinking on my part, but I'd like to see a Seal squad deploy from a sub in hover 50' below that boat. Pop up grab the captain and pull him overboard and at the same time filling the boat with a few frag grenades.