re: #152 albusteve
You don’t think that just paying ‘em off will encourage more piracy? I’m gonna re-post something from today DT:
I’m more than willing to help President Obama out here. No, really.
It’s simple Mr. President. We are now in the arena of foreign affairs. You - whether you are aware of it or not, your VP “Plugs” Biden is - YOU are being tested by America’s enemies. Here is an EXCELLENT opportunity with minimum risk to stand up and leave any doubts about your capabilites in a foreign cirisis in the dust:
a) send one or two Navy Aircraft Carrier Battle groups to where those pirates are huddled in their lifeboat WAITING FOR REINFORCEMENTS NO LESS;
b) have the aircraft (and maybe a few Tomahawks) destroy ALL the Pirate towns (I mean really, who the hell is gonna bitch atcha for whacking Somalia anyway?)
c) send some SEALS in under cover of darkness in our own little rigid small boats and take over that Lifeboat.
d) when the Pirate Reinforcements get there, let them look at ALL THE SMOKE on the horizon where their bases USED TO BE and what Motherships stayed in port USED TO BE and then politely ask them to turn over all the hostages on the “Reinforcement” foreign Ships, return the foreign ships to their rightful owners (our Navy can take over control until the Norweigans and others show up to claim their ships) and
e) go on TV, tell everyone how much it pained you to take such drastic action in which, MAYBE some “innocent” civilians were killed but after all, you’d act the same way when any American’s abroad were endangered and want the World to know that; and finally
f) send DVD’s (in the proper format, of course) to Putin, Ahmadinnerjacket and Lil Kim of the death and destruction we wrought on those Pirate sanctuaries.
Then get the hell off TV!