[Clint Williams]

India's clear response to the Somali pirates is the only one likely to prove effective. It contrasts sharply with the handwringing helplessness of other navies patrolling the area under a United Nations mandate.

Doh!

Maybe I should consider becoming Indian. They seem to have more spine than the West.

The only good pirate is the one feeding fishes at the bottom of the ocean. And that includes Johnny Depp.

[magslinger]

Note to Somali pirates: Don’t bring RPG’s to a CIWS fight.

[Paladin2]

"British Royal Navy Commodore Keith Winstanley, deputy commander of the Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East, said he feared no amount of coalition forces would be sufficient to secure the 2.5 million sq nautical miles of the Gulf of Aden, let alone the Indian Ocean waters where the supertanker was seized. “The pirates will go somewhere we are not,” he said. “If we patrol the Gulf of Aden then they will go to Mogadishu. If we go to Mogadishu, they will go to the Gulf of Aden.”

Why not go both places at once? Why not destroy any and all boats on shore or arriving and departing the coasts along with any unknown boats on the open seas. Between satellites and AWACS it shouldn't be too difficult to locate all boats down to a 12 ft punt.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5192674.ece

[Secret Agent Man]

And if I had sunk them, any pirates alive in the water would be shot at until dead. Always been the punishment for piracy, when applied correctly there are no repeat offenders.

[Eighth Square]

The UN is convening a committee to study America's suggestion that they adopt a plan to load boats with counselors who would cruise the area in an aggressive manner.

[AndyJackson]

India's clear response to the Somali pirates is the only one likely to prove effective. It contrasts sharply with the handwringing helplessness of other navies patrolling the area under a United Nations mandate.

While I cheer on the Indians, it is heart wrenching to know that the Indians are feared while Old Glory is such a laughing stock that our hand wringing arugula boys serving in the place of fighting admirals ought to be running their befouled skivvies up the masthead instead.

[rmlew]

Where are the Marines?
Finding ships is hard. Having Harriers bomb their bases and marines storm them is complicated, but damn effective.