Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:12:18 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

I would put a noose around all the pirates that are captured on the ship and
line them up along the rail. Inform the ones with the captain that if
anything happens to the captain or they leave the area, the ones on the rail
will head to the sea.

I was watching Glenn Beck a while ago and for once he said something
that might have made sense.
"Where are the Marines?"
Keeping a fast reaction force in that area and just plain kicking ass
when an American flagged ship is touched would stop it cold.

The Marines are not trained to handle this type of operation. The Navy
SEALs are better trained and equipped to respond to these situations.
Marine small units are platoons, 40 men, SEAL small units are 8 to 10
men. The logistics of the SEAL team make them much easier to deploy and
manage in the field.

Take no prisoners.

I agree, turn the pirates into shark food.

I got a feeling it won't be done because of crew safety and
"environmental" considerations.

The sharks would spit out the pirates?

Sticky problem. The Mayaguez and Iran hostage situations are probably
studied to make these kinds of decision

Remember the Q-ships? Merchant ships with hidden guns.
Maybe it was all a John Wayne movie.
Tripoli was assaulted to stop the pirates before.

That took resolve and a back bone to make a decision.

Might take a land assault to stop it this time.

Tripoli was a land assault.

It's weird to think that 204 years after the Barbary pirates, we're
back to the same problem.

Piracy and terrorism will never go away.

Actually, Somalia is less "civilized" than was Tripoli.

Somalia is giant leap back to the 7th century.

There was a leader of Tripoli to make peace with.

There was leader to threaten with death.