Posted on 01/11/2006 6:39:21 AM PST by VirginiaMil
Pirates, just like land-lubbing bank-robbers and jewel thieves, probably will always be with us. The question is how to counter them and their increasing sophistication, and how to prevent them from coordinating efforts with terrorist networks like Al Qaeda. The answer to the latter is simply good intelligence: human, signals, open-source, and otherwise.
In terms of shipboard counter-pirate operations, the answers lie in effective training of security personnel and high-tech ingenuity.
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Just wanted to add, Somali Piracy is considered the worst in the World.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4584878.stm
If I can get a Letter of Marque and a surplus frigate, I'm sure I can find some Freepers more than willing to help clean the mess up.
ARRRRR!
Yo-ho, yo-ho, it's a pirate-hunter's life for me!
Gimme an M-60 or an M-203 and I'm good to go. Where do I sign up?
Arrrgh Matey.. Them runaways from a garbage scow that call themselve Pirates be loaded with goodies good for the plucking .. and gettin a Somali government check as ransom for this private enterprise makes my pegged leg tingle too..
Look hearty, you freepers, skinny up and release that mainsal...
WAIT!!... we don't have a boat yet.. NEVERMIND..
I wonder if Disney execs are worrying about a successful, high-profile pirate attack right around the time of their next Pirates movie.
Problems with huntin' pirates:
1. Gub'mints don't approve other folks usin' force. They like to think of themselves as sole legitimate users of force. Otherwise, freighters and cruise ships headed for "iffy" locations would have a decent armament for self-defense and insurance companies would reward 'em for it.
2. Pirates have nothin' worth taking and nobody is payin' for their extermination.
#1 might be a bit of a problem, i admit. However, what if if you make a paying business out of pirate-hunting? Like safaris, where adventurous people with scads of cash could pay for the privelege of shooting up a bunch of lousy stinking cutthroats- and of course, sign a waiver against their being injured or killed in the process.
The gov't can tax the activity, and rid themselves of a nuisance at little or no cost.
See? Free enterprise at work!
Of course- to quote a line from "The Wild Geese",
"My God! The UN will go mad!"
I can dream........
Here I thought this was going to be an article about our congress.
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