[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

USS Gonzalez again!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

On March 15, the United Nations Security Council encouraged naval forces operating off the coast of Somalia to be vigilant and take action against piracy.

Very good, U.N.! You're only 4 years behind the curve.

[fogofbobegabay]

Don't bring a RPG to a guided-missile destroyer fight.

[SSR1]

You have to admire the brass on those boys; attacking a US Navy vessel with just a couple of AK's and a RPG. What where they thinking??

[Farmer Dean]

The ships today just don't mount enough guns.Those pirates would have been really surprised if they had tried this on a WW2 ship like a light cruiser.Surprise would be very short lived though.

[Echo Talon]

The suspected pirates then opened fire on the Navy ships.

Stupid move.

[rottndog]

USS Gonzalez (DDG 66)


USS Cape St. George (CG 71)


Go get 'em boys!

[Cvengr]

Maybe those Chuck Norris movies aren't so far fetched after all. You never would think bad guys could get so stupid (..for very long).

[K-oneTexas]

Does this sound like lunacy to anyone else? Attack a sampan, yes. Attack a cruise ship, probably yes. Attack the US Navy, guides missile cruiser or other, definitely not. Might be construed as an 'act of war'. Results could be disastrous.

Unless Jimah Carter was president ... or one of his hard line negotiating and brainy type buddies. [sarcasm off]

[Slip18]

Way to go, USS Gonzalez!

[gaijin]

Those guys have partners in crime.

USN should break out the pliers and blowtorch and find out who they are.

[pop-gun]

Now this shows pure brilliance

People on a 30 ft fishing boat open fire on a guided missle cruiser and it's escort...How stupid can these people be?

[King Prout]

out of curiosity: would the Congress be willing to issue a Letter of Marque to a private shipowner, with the express license to hunt down and slaughter pirates?

[Doogle]

the Gonzalez

[hosepipe]

Whats not shown is the Submarine monitoring the whole event..
Gilligans Island must be being shown on Somali TV again..
for this much illogical disrespect for the U.S. Navy..
or maybe Beverly Hillbillies..

The muzzies have no sense of comedy at all and think these shows were documentarys..

[MEG33]

USS Cape St. George in the Persian Gulf May God Keep Safe All Who Serve Our Country

[WKUHilltopper]

Arrggg...she would be a fine looking vessel under the skull and cross bones. Avast! Rally around and take her for ye lord and master, Blackbeard!



On second thought, what idiots would attack a missle cruiser and destroyer? Arggg! Pirate idiots would!

[Spruce]

Cape St. George and Gonzalez returned fire with small arms in self-defense.

Oh, man! I bet the crews had a helluva good time getting some target practice! A cooler of beer and a scow full of dead-enders begging for some lead poisoning. It don't get any better.

Don't they have even a single 5-inch on the deck?

[twstearman]

Having spent time on a Tico (CG-49), I think this is most definitely "Suicide by Navy".

A few less scumbags the world won't miss, that's for sure.

[Malsua]

I think this engagement is a direct result of the MSM.

They continuously show how the Military is broken, worn out, damaged, etc. These folks, emboldened by how poor the US Military is, figure with some guns and an RPG, they can take a destroyer.

Of course, the professionalism, the competance and the bravery of our military force is not reflected in our media. It must be a suprise to these uneducted thugs how quickly they are subdued once our forces engage them.

Definately, don't bring an AK47 to a 5" gun fight.

[ozzymandus]

What sort of light armament do US Navy ships carry?