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To: SmoothSail who wrote (187233)11/21/2009 7:07:56 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 225578
 
I think the shipping companies are more responsible than the foolish couple who put themselves in harm's way, and arguably even more culpable than the pirates.

I don't see a good solution or end to this. My gut reaction is to go down and wipe out all the Somali pirates, but how do you tell them from the innocent Somalis? Neither have a decent shirt to put on.

Once this incident resolves one way or the other, I'd have our Navy go down and sink every mother ship the pirates have with extreme prejudice.



To: SmoothSail who wrote (187233)11/21/2009 11:38:59 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
When they were first taken captive, my reaction was WTF were they doing sailing in the area they were in? Did they think the pirates would not bother with them because they were on a 38' sloop? In some respects they're lucky to have been taken by pirates off Somalia. They're interested in ransom. Some pirates in the Straits of Malacca would just slit their throats and toss them overboard and steal the boat and everything on it.


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