May 14th 2009
About Time!
T
he US Navy has released this photo of our troops boarding a Somali pirate mother-ship and seizing 17 pirates after they attacked an Egyptian vessel. Also released was this one of the approach before the boarding:
When I first heard of the “motherships” that extended the pirates’ range far beyond the Somali coast, my mind conjured up the only association I had: The Japanese whaler motherships, large, sophisticated meat-packing factories on the sea. To see this tiny rust-bucket put the Somali pirate problem in sharp perspective. They’re a bush-league Mafia using cash, weapons and street smarts to play in the big leagues.
It’s nice to see the show of force, but we’re busting the crack-runners on the corner here, not the criminal brain trust at the top. Look, it’s easy enough to spot the pirate honcho’s houses along the Somali coasts – they’re the palaces with the satellite antennas on the roof and the new German cars in the driveway. Knock out one with a Tomahawk, and tell the rest of them to lay off the pirating or they’ll be next.
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May 14th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Spiffy