Pirates hijack ship with 21 Americans aboard off Somalia [Archive]


	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Off-Topic Discussion > Debating with the enemy > Pirates hijack ship with 21 Americans aboard off Somalia Log in Pirates hijack ship with 21 Americans aboard off Somalia Pages : [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 skinsfan_nn 04-08-2009, 06:36 AM CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News (http://www.cnn.com/) dmek25 04-08-2009, 07:44 AM i wonder how long the United States is going to put up with their shit( the Somalia pirates) saden1 04-08-2009, 09:11 AM What are we going to do? Get the entire fleet to patrol the Somali coast? Schneed10 04-08-2009, 09:46 AM What are we going to do? Get the entire feet to patrol the Somali coast? I'd start with putting heavy pressure on the government. Even though the government doesn't have the means to do anything about it, you have to start there. Schneed10 04-08-2009, 09:49 AM And next I'd consider heavy satellite surveillance of the entire Somali coast. With that technology these days you don't need boats positioned 10 miles apart. A few boats placed in key position to respond, combined with adequate aerial views, you should be able to sink these ships often enough to curtail the activity. Daseal 04-08-2009, 09:54 AM Why would people even take a ship that goes by Somalia at this point. Hint: If you're in a boat, stay the hell away from Somalia. MTK 04-08-2009, 10:00 AM Just call in Chuck Norris. saden1 04-08-2009, 10:16 AM I'd start with putting heavy pressure on the government. Even though the government doesn't have the means to do anything about it, you have to start there. They don't really have a government so I'm not sure who you're going to apply pressure on. They have a federal government with wannabe leaders no one listens to and they don't have the teeth to go along with words. Asking them to do anything is akin to asking a retarded person for assistance. If there's one country that embodies a post apocalyptic society we're all so familiar with in the movies it's Somalia. As far as satellite surveillance I'm not sure we have enough resources or are ready to pull resources from Iraq, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. Honestly, if we were capable we would be doing it. Priacy off the coast of Somalia is nothing new and is a 100+ million dollar business in a country where the GDP is ~5 billion. What these ships need to do is hire an escort service for protection or have on-board armed guards. 724Skinsfan 04-08-2009, 10:45 AM Just call in Chuck Norris. You mean Steven Seagal. He may be just a cook but he also cook's. skinsfan_nn 04-08-2009, 12:19 PM Americans take ship back over. Hang those freakin pirates! US crew reportedly takes over ship from pirates - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_re_af/piracy)