Arrghh!! Somali pirates have raised the stakes in their continuing game of high seas chicken, this time seizing an Italian tugboat with sixteen Italian crewmen on board. Earlier, French commandos stormed a sailboat held by different Somali bandits, freeing four captives. However, one captive died in the operation. Gotta admire the French for trying though; hope similar operations are on the drawing board over on the American side.
The Obama team is said to be continually monitoring the situation and weighing options in between bites of their deep dish pizzas.
I'll leave the planning to the professionals, but is it unrealistic to send a group of Navy frogmen in under the cover of night to cause slow leaks in the lifeboat? You can't plug leaks and guard a captain at the same time...
Update:
Checkmate, matey! - Of course, Navy SEALs snipers under the cover of night are also effective. Good call by the President to authorize it and God bless the US Navy for carrying it out.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
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Was thinking the same thing about the SeALs.
-Shoe
How about a SEAL HALO drop, then swim up and cap them.
Thanks for dropping by Shoe; you too anon.
GG
The French have commandos????
This former Marine sends his kudos to the Navy and the SEAL team inparticular. Once more they gave proof that there are very few problems that cannot be cured by excellent marksmanship.
Amen. Thank you for your service as well.
GG
I wonder if the White Housers agonized over the action of the SEALs they way they do on any given episode of West Wing when the president has to use force to take ou the bad guys.
What does Code Pink and moveon.org have to say about this?
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