That from this Washington Post piece raises a question.
Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?
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Comments (22)
Ill bet engagement had to b... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 23, 2011 7:13 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Ill bet engagement had to be approved by the white house..and welll...they were busy.
1. Posted by Pretzel Logic | February 23, 2011 7:13 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 07:13
2. Posted by Upset Old Guy | February 23, 2011 7:48 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
"Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?"
Probably for the exact same reason we our Navy now negotiates with pirates.
2. Posted by Upset Old Guy | February 23, 2011 7:48 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 07:48
3. Posted by epador | February 23, 2011 8:51 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I thought this was another post about the WI demonstrations.
3. Posted by epador | February 23, 2011 8:51 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 08:51
4. Posted by jim m | February 23, 2011 9:02 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
"Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?"
They're probably union members.
4. Posted by jim m | February 23, 2011 9:02 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 09:02
5. Posted by Justrand | February 23, 2011 9:12 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
"Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?"
Three words:
Barack
Hussein
Obama
5. Posted by Justrand | February 23, 2011 9:12 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 09:12
6. Posted by Gmac | February 23, 2011 9:42 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Maybe they were going to repatriate the captured pirates to the mothership first and then blow them all up?
Seriously, just start killing the bastards on sight.
6. Posted by Gmac | February 23, 2011 9:42 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 09:42
7. Posted by jim m | February 23, 2011 9:46 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I'll bet if we started a disinformation campaign promoting the idea that the pirates were pro-American obama would have that mother ship at the bottom of the Indian Ocean within 24 hours.
7. Posted by jim m | February 23, 2011 9:46 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 09:46
8. Posted by Brian The Adequate | February 23, 2011 10:05 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
There is potentially one legit reason why the mothership is still afloat. The motherships are often hijacked fishing vessel - with the former crews aboard as innocent hostages.
What I don't understand is why there were any of the pirates captured after the initial fight.
8. Posted by Brian The Adequate | February 23, 2011 10:05 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 10:05
9. Posted by Les Nessman | February 23, 2011 10:14 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
"I thought this was another post about the WI demonstrations."
Heh.
"Um, er, First Mate Trumka!"
'yessir, cap'n Brocko, what youse guys want?'
"Deploy the Inflatable Rat flotilla!"
'ayeaye, cap'n Brocko. youse wanna us to dispatch the Fraudulent Doctor Excuse weapons?'
"Er, em, of course! Don't act stupidly!"
9. Posted by Les Nessman | February 23, 2011 10:14 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 10:14
10. Posted by irongrampa | February 23, 2011 10:20 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
You could solve this dilemma by means of a simple training exercise.
It ain't rocket science, gang.
10. Posted by irongrampa | February 23, 2011 10:20 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 10:20
11. Posted by Sabba Hillel | February 23, 2011 10:32 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Actually, it may be "rocket science" if there are no hostages aboard the "mother ship"
11. Posted by Sabba Hillel | February 23, 2011 10:32 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 10:32
12. Posted by 914 | February 23, 2011 10:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?"
Ummm ummm ummm!
12. Posted by 914 | February 23, 2011 10:41 AM |
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Posted on February 23, 2011 10:41
13. Posted by ODA315 | February 23, 2011 11:50 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"Why in hell is that mother ship still afloat?"
Three words:
Barack
Hussein
Obama
To which Joe Biden replied
"That's two words"
13. Posted by ODA315 | February 23, 2011 11:50 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 11:50
14. Posted by irongrampa | February 23, 2011 12:26 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Okay, after the sarcasm, the MOST effective way to deal with this problem takes iron resolve and unwavering dedication. You react with total brutality in the response.As in gone, dead, eradicated, PERIOD. No quarter, no prisoners. Too bad for the hostages. The same applies to the Home base, and I mean thorough.
Until it's made crystal clear that these actions result in dead perpetrators on ALL levels. Call it removing the incentive.
14. Posted by irongrampa | February 23, 2011 12:26 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 12:26
15. Posted by Howie | February 23, 2011 1:25 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
There are certain criterias that need to be meet before you can kill someone. At least two forms of Positive ID through intelligence sources must confirm they are bad guys. There may even be a Hostile attempt factored in there. The bottom line, you just don't go killing people, as the news and other organizations will turn this around unless you have very good intelligence and can counter.
15. Posted by Howie | February 23, 2011 1:25 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 13:25
16. Posted by 914 | February 23, 2011 1:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"The pirates appear to have been dispatched from a mother ship"
Anytime I here 'Mother Ship', I think of James Carville.
16. Posted by 914 | February 23, 2011 1:46 PM |
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Posted on February 23, 2011 13:46
17. Posted by Jim Addison | February 23, 2011 3:26 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
The White House says the reason Obama hasn't said anything about Libya is "a scheduling conflict." Heh.
He was able to clear his busy schedule of parties and golf trips to condemn a long-standing US ally in Egypt, but is too busy to comment on the massacre of civilians by a long-standing US enemy and terror sponsor in Libya?
And nothing serious done about piracy in Somalia either? Perhaps the targets being white Christian Americans has something to do with it? As with the unrest in North Africa, Obama tends to side against American interests.
We not only know where the pirate "mother" ship is, we know where their main bases and port lives, too. It would be target practice for our guys.
But it takes a will, it takes a spine, and it takes a desire to defend American interests. Obama lacks the latter two, and only has will to obey his union overlords and radical mentors.
17. Posted by Jim Addison | February 23, 2011 3:26 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 15:26
18. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 23, 2011 3:26 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"The pirates appear to have been dispatched from a mother ship"
Speaking of dispatching pirates...
18. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 23, 2011 3:26 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 15:26
19. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 23, 2011 3:27 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Simple solution: tell Hussein that the pirates are Tea Partiers.
19. Posted by Jay Guevara | February 23, 2011 3:27 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 15:27
20. Posted by John S | February 23, 2011 8:41 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
I'm guessing the pirates are relatives of our Kenyan-born, Muslim president.
20. Posted by John S | February 23, 2011 8:41 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 23, 2011 20:41
21. Posted by dunce | February 24, 2011 7:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They know they have hostages on board that will be killed if they are forcibly boarded but i believe we could fashion some cables with floats that would look like garbage on the sea that would wrap around thier propellers stranding them far from shore.If they radioed for help from their partners in crime they could also be snagged. Deployed hunter pirates could be prevented from returning to the mother ship for food and fuel.
21. Posted by dunce | February 24, 2011 7:01 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2011 19:01
22. Posted by KenD | February 24, 2011 9:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Good question Rick. Why would the mother ship not be boarded and re-taken? Why would it not be disabled and left dead in the water? Why? Why? Why? I have a feeling there is some decisive hand wringing going on in Washington.
22. Posted by KenD | February 24, 2011 9:52 PM |
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Posted on February 24, 2011 21:52