Comments on: More on Pirates at Sea http://themoderatevoice.com/24488/more-on-pirates-at-sea/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 12:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/24488/more-on-pirates-at-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-164857 DLS Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24488/more-on-pirates-at-sea/#comment-164857 I thought a day or two ago not only that this feat by the pirates was impressive, given that it was more than 450 miles offshore, and featured a "mother ship" and worker-warrior vessels; I also suspected that al Qaeda and other such parties may be aiding or equipping or training some of the pirates. Also, when I heard the good news that India bagged a mother ship it had me thinking of a few things in addition: First of all, where we went wrong with terrorists, with the Guantanano nonsense, we can at least do better with the pirates we catch, namely to execute them promptly after interrogation and confirmation of their criminal status (as we should have been doing in Iraq and Afghanistan). But second, not only is this nice good, live-fire fun for ships and submarines of our Navy, it's an excuse for the Navy to defend its funding or even ask for more. Right when we hit a brick wall about big-ticket defense projects and procurement nonsense at a time of an economic crunch, now piracy can be "re-discovered" by those protecting funds for the Navy. Yo, ho, ho!<br><br>On a wilder note, there's always the following: Money trail leads back to Dubai? Halliburton? Or the Saudis? Hijacking oil tankers and threatening others perhaps to try to raise the price of oil? What a movie script that would make (complete with money heading into the pockets of Cheney). I thought a day or two ago not only that this feat by the pirates was impressive, given that it was more than 450 miles offshore, and featured a “mother ship” and worker-warrior vessels; I also suspected that al Qaeda and other such parties may be aiding or equipping or training some of the pirates. Also, when I heard the good news that India bagged a mother ship it had me thinking of a few things in addition: First of all, where we went wrong with terrorists, with the Guantanano nonsense, we can at least do better with the pirates we catch, namely to execute them promptly after interrogation and confirmation of their criminal status (as we should have been doing in Iraq and Afghanistan). But second, not only is this nice good, live-fire fun for ships and submarines of our Navy, it's an excuse for the Navy to defend its funding or even ask for more. Right when we hit a brick wall about big-ticket defense projects and procurement nonsense at a time of an economic crunch, now piracy can be “re-discovered” by those protecting funds for the Navy. Yo, ho, ho!

On a wilder note, there's always the following: Money trail leads back to Dubai? Halliburton? Or the Saudis? Hijacking oil tankers and threatening others perhaps to try to raise the price of oil? What a movie script that would make (complete with money heading into the pockets of Cheney).

]]> By: RememberNovember http://themoderatevoice.com/24488/more-on-pirates-at-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-164810 RememberNovember Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:19:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/crime/24488/more-on-pirates-at-sea/#comment-164810 Queen Elizabeth had a solution for that- she gave them letters of marque and pointed them at the Spanish Armada.<br>But then again, a lot of them were hung for treason when the didn't get the memo the war was over, or they liked it too much to quit. Queen Elizabeth had a solution for that- she gave them letters of marque and pointed them at the Spanish Armada.
But then again, a lot of them were hung for treason when the didn't get the memo the war was over, or they liked it too much to quit.

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