[rdl6989]

The St James Park issued a distress call on Monday night saying it had been attacked by pirates.

[JPG]

Stop the madness. Fully arm the crews. The old BS about not allowing weapons on board for fear of mutiny is now totally bogus. There would be 100,000 pirate attacks stopped for every one possible mutiny. Stop the nutsiness and blow their heads off if they get anywhere close to the ship. Seems the people who dictate the law of the sea rules are also in charge of airline security.

[knarf]

When I was a kid, I got beat up while going through a neighborhood my parents told me to stay away from.

They were correct and I never went back.

People in boats must've nevr had wise parents.

[jessduntno]

Peace...through superior fire power...

[taillightchaser]

This is klintoon’s fault. If he had done his job he would have turned Somalia into a parking lot after Blackhawk Down instead of wimping out and ignoring it.
My question is—Why don’t the ships that sail in those waters carry armament to deter these criminals? The lack of that is sheer stupidity.

[vpintheak]

When is the world going to stop poo-pooing these criminals? Piracy used to be the sort of thing that would get you killed if caught.

[marron]

They just picked up another two or three million the other day.

With that kind of incentive plan, they’d be crazy not to seize ships. You can raise goats for a living, or you can make millions with almost no risk. Big decision.

[RC2]

Those ships need to just sail into Somalia and surrender the ship. Nobody is going to do anything about it anyway. Why waste everyones time?

[KoRn]

It boggles the mind that these ships aren’t armed!

Each crew member should have a sidearm and an AR type rifle, or automatic shotgun. There should be a .50 caliber machine gun or two mounted on either side of the ship. The piracy would all but end overnight.

The financial investment in the arms and some training would be nothing compared to the losses caused by this madness.

[VicVega]

The United Nations will issue a statement condemning this barbaric act in about two years.

[handy old one]

One LAW rocket would end if used on them and then wait for the next pirates to have another round of target practice! If they thought all would end this way they would think twice before attacking. If not let them think they will make it to glory and seventy virgins!!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Pirates: just doing their post-Christmas bargain shopping.

[gaijin]

My understanding is that in almost all cases in int’l shipping a contract stipulations of insurance companies is that vessels used must be devoid of firearms, and that most ports go nuts if they learn they are host to uninsured vessles...

Crazy huh? My instinct would be that instead they would give a BREAK to vessels that could certify that they had trained personnel with reliable weapons aboard.

But that’s not the case.

[piasa]

The one ship that was hijacked is carrying a load of Florida phosphate fertilizer.