Real Pirates - Have we not learned anything from history?

[Stealhead]

I think you are missing what I am saying as you in effect are saying the same thing I am. And it is not just the US Navy that patrol these areas there several allied Navies patrolling these areas. But there is no way you can be everwhere this is what :It must be hard as you must find stop and inspect every single boat or ship you find you cant assume any one vessel is good or bad. is basicly saying.And where in the hell you get that I some how support not harming the pirates is beyond me.You fail to see that many companies do not allow weapons such as fire arms on thier ships and one very good reason for this is in some waters it is illegal for a none Naval/Law enforcement vessel to carry fire arms so then if they do what you say they violate law and if caught the sailors will be punished.

Your "soultion" is very poor what of the poor fishermen who have not the money to buy firearms they deserve to become victims?I guess they must give thier slives or livelyhoods away to the pirates. Or do you only care when it is an American or western merchant ship? If the fact that Navy Seals killed the ones that tried to raid the Alabama Mersk and still other pirates attack in more violent and agressive a manner that should emply that the only real good shooting at them will result in is them still attacking you.And there is no way anyone is going to allow merchant ships to have any naval style firepower.

And I was not saying that you cant arm yourself I am saying you can but either the pirates will go away and find someone who has no weapons or they come back learning thier lesson and come back with even more men and fire power so that only a Naval vessel would be able to fend off an attack.Now something that is very effective an LRAD put a few of those on a larger ship and that is a pretty effective tool.

You are saying it is not complex and you say simply shoot back but then you say they will attack someone defenceless and that an CV would not fully be able to cover the area which I think most people already understand.that sounds like a complex problem to me if it is not easy to stop the pirates completly. Maybe you should not tell me to read history I was in the military and I know myself how hard it can be even on land for a military force to control something.

I do agree with They are pirates. They are murderers. They are thieves. They are kidnappers. They are blackmailers. They are ransomers.

All but blackmailers what are they going to blackmail? That you tried to kiss one of them or that you cheated on your wife?
On second thought I dont even what to know your answer to that.


You are completely over re-acting in that last senetance and sounding borderline paranoid I am right here on planet earth and I am not going anywhere most of all not anywhere you think the world is going you are on that ride alone. To me if you are on a ship with only few guns and they have machineguns and RPGs they will simply keep coming and then kill they guy who was shooting at them aginst a pirate that can have any small arm up to RPG level and be attacking in numbers unless you are a naval vessel you may not stop them.Also there are people far worse in this world than pirates which are pretty bad but they are not the worst thing. Pirates have been around since the dawn or maritime commerce and they have never stopped doing what they so that IS a very complex problem and I dont want to scare you but they are also in Central and South America and the Caribbean(call the Coast Guard if you dont belive me).

Maybe you should ask what I mean to say next time before attacking my post. Or not.I dont even have to respond to you if you keep going with the illogical attacking posts so if you keep doing that I will simply ignore you.Just to give you a heads up not to waste your time.

Take it easy I know I do and I quite enjoy my life.