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March 14, 2011

India Captures 61 Pirates
— Ace

Pax India? I'm glad that some superpowers are still responsible.

They were arrested after an Indian naval ship closed in on a hijacked fishing vessel just under 700 miles off the Kerala coastal port of Cochin.
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The suspected pirates had hijacked the boat, the Mozambique-flagged Vega 5 in December last year and had since used it as a base for attacks on other ships.
They were finally caught on Sunday after they opened fire on the approaching Indian naval ship. They were forced to jump overboard when their own vessel was set ablaze caught fire in fierce retaliatory fire from the Indian ship. The 13 original crew members were freed in the raid. Indian officials said they found 80 to 90 small arms or rifles and some heavy weapons on the fishing vessel.
The number of pirate attacks and the scale of their demands has increased singnificantly in recent months. More than 660 people are currently believed to be held hostage in pirates from raids on 30 ships.
India has intensified its operations against pirates in the Indian Ocean. It arrested 28 pirates last month and 15 in January.

Did you know that 660 people were currently being held ransom by pirates?

Jay Cost spoke about the implicit, unstated powers of the presidency -- one of them is deciding when a foreign policy problem is a crisis or not a problem at all. The president can take a problem off the table simply by refusing to discuss it, and the complacent media takes it's cues -- as far as the American public knows, there is no problem.

But there is. People just don't know about it.

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1 Yay!

Posted by: melvin at March 14, 2011 11:34 AM (3OCZw)

2 >>>Did you know that 660 people were currently being held ransom by pirates? Yes. I mentioned it a few weeks ago. The pirate-terrorists are also in possession of, like, 40 boats.

Posted by: Soooooothsayah at March 14, 2011 11:35 AM (uFokq)

3 "Jay Cost spoke about the implicit, unstated powers of the presidency -- one of them is deciding when a foreign policy problem is a crisis or not a problem at all. The president can take a problem off the table simply by refusing to discuss it, and the complacent media takes it's cues -- as far as the American public knows, there is no problem."

Assuming the President is a Dem.

Posted by: Jon at March 14, 2011 11:35 AM (Xt7UU)

I suspect that the Indians are not so worried about how people will react if they are mean to the brown people / religion-of-peace folks. India has an abundance of both of those, so the political fallout is nearly nil. Thus, the are able to handle the matter in a more grown-up manner.

One more reason to hate the damn do-gooders in this nation. Their constant scolding and tut-tuting is hobbling us, making us weak. Any time somebody starts spouting off about the plight of the 3rd Worlders it should be legal to punch them in the face.

Posted by: Reactionary at March 14, 2011 11:36 AM (xUM1Q)

5 The president can take a problem off the table simply by refusing to discuss it, and the complacent media takes it's cues -- as far as the American public knows, there is no problem.

Now watch this drive...fore!

Posted by: Sissypants at March 14, 2011 11:36 AM (9hSKh)

6 Jugears McFuckstick ran for the presidency for the fame. He's not qualified, has never had an original idea or plan in his life and just wants to eat his waffle, play golf and hob-nob with famous people. He doesn't want to do the job, just reap the benefits.

One
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Good fucking job, 52%ers.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 14, 2011 11:37 AM (CdX98)

7 India "arrested 28 pirates last month and 15 in January."

Arrested - with an eye to having them stand trial somewhere, or are we talking about summary judgment at the discretion of the victorious captains, followed by appropriate shuffling off of the mortal coil under a yardarm?

Posted by: Keith Arnold at March 14, 2011 11:38 AM (Jdtsu)

8 Did you know that 660 people were currently being held ransom by pirates?

Why yes, yes I did. And all the more reasons why we/they should "take no prisoners" Kill them on site ASAP and the word will spread when they stop coming back from their little fishing trips.

Posted by: melvin at March 14, 2011 11:38 AM (3OCZw)

9 Arrested?

Do it the Russian way.

Posted by: nickless at March 14, 2011 11:39 AM (MMC8r)

10 Letters of Marque and Reprisal issued to Blackwater/Xe and other entrepreneurs, along with a pool of money ponied up by the shipping firms to pay them, will tamp this down nicely and free up our ships for other duties.

Posted by: joncelli at March 14, 2011 11:39 AM (RD7QR)

Let me know when some Muslims are kidnapped. Otherwise, my give-a-damn is busted (to use a term you teabagging bitter clingers would understand).

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 14, 2011 11:39 AM (c45xH)

12 4 Part of the problem is that people actually listen to the do-gooders and tut-tutters. I cheer when pirates are shot.

Posted by: fb at March 14, 2011 11:39 AM (G60Nl)

13 Blackhawk Down was on again this weekend. My dislike of Clinton grows more every time I watch it if that is even possible. The number of hostages they have may be a reason we are not occupying their port cities right now.

Posted by: polynikes at March 14, 2011 11:40 AM (yKP4s)

14 Or, we could simply bomb the shit out of their home bases. That would have a salutary effect too.

Posted by: joncelli at March 14, 2011 11:40 AM (RD7QR)

15 I think I know more about Charlie Sheen's porn-star whores than I do about the ongoing piracy debacle. And I'm not really paying attention to Sheen - that's just what I get through osmosis from the ever-present barrage.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 14, 2011 11:40 AM (EDSBe)

16 "One more reason to hate the damn do-gooders in this nation. Their constant scolding and tut-tuting is hobbling us, making us weak. " The most dangerous enemy is the enemy within.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at March 14, 2011 11:41 AM (Pzf4N)

America was able to manage the muslim pirate problem in the Mediterranean in even the earliest years of its existence. It was financially weak but it had determined leadership. Now Barry is too busy attending Motown parties and hitting the links to even address the issue.

Thomas Jefferson weeps.

Posted by: Cicero at March 14, 2011 11:42 AM (QKKT0)

18 "My give-a-damn is busted" (Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 14, 2011 03:39 PM (c45xH)

Somehow, I don't picture BHO as a country music fan. In fact, I don't know a single fan of Jo Dee Messina who will admit to voting for him.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at March 14, 2011 11:42 AM (Jdtsu)

19 The president can take a problem off the table simply by refusing to discuss it, and the complacent media takes it's cues -- as far as the American public knows, there is no problem.

But there is. People just don't know about it.

Wow, things are really going to be great now that the economy has recovered! Thank God the recession is over!

Posted by: Stupid American Public at March 14, 2011 11:42 AM (ihSHD)

20 Why yes, yes I did. And all the more reasons why we/they should "take no prisoners" Kill them on site ASAP and the word will spread when they stop coming back from their little fishing trips.

This. And if any pirates should happen to survive the initial firefight, they need to be "dancing the hempen jig" immediately, to public spectacle.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 14, 2011 11:42 AM (9hSKh)

21 Better headline

India Captures EXECUTES 61 Pirates

Posted by: Vic at March 14, 2011 11:43 AM (M9Ie6)

Do it the Russian way.

The Chinese way is good, too. A televised mass execution.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 14, 2011 11:43 AM (k3RPu)

23 But if we escalate against pirates, they will multiply in numbers and be forced to resort to more aggressive tactics! It's their appreciation and respect for our lawfulness that is keeping this whole situation from exploding!

Posted by: Hand-wringer at March 14, 2011 11:43 AM (G60Nl)

Let's not get carried away here, Ace. Somalia is just practicing a variation of supply and demand. Obviously those people being held hostage are from countries that are over-populated (supply up, demand low). Let's not go haywire on an issue of balance of trade.

Posted by: Soona at March 14, 2011 11:44 AM (on2Qa)

25 I am become death.

Posted by: vishnu at March 14, 2011 11:44 AM (GTbGH)

26
Do it the Russian way.

And finance the Blackwater/Xe folks through PPV of the video.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 14, 2011 11:45 AM (yf5H9)

Reason number 12(b) that we should not only intervene in Libya, we should invade, occupy and make Libya the 58th state:

Wesley Clark has employed his razor-sharp intellect and analytical skills to come to the conclusion that we should not intervene in Libya.

No word yet on whether the whole almost starting World War III thing over the Pristina airport was a good idea, however.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 14, 2011 11:45 AM (B+qrE)

28 It's their ~~appreciation and respect~~ contempt for our lawfulness that is keeping this whole situation from exploding! Posted by: Hand-wringer at March 14, 2011 03:43 PM (G60Nl) FIFY.

Posted by: joncelli at March 14, 2011 11:45 AM (RD7QR)

29 Pirate ships should be torpedoed and left for the sharks, although my evil side would like to see some heavy strafing of the scumbags as they bob in the water.

Posted by: Berserker at March 14, 2011 11:46 AM (gWHrG)

30 25 I am become death.

The destroyer of worlds.

OT - Dalai Lama officially resigns as political head of Tibetan exile movement - UPI http://bit.ly/g7EyM7

I find this whole thing with the Dalia Lama interesting now because the Chinese, IIRC, are claiming that the Tibetians have to wait until the Dalai Lama is reincarnated - they can't just "appoint" one.

The atheist Chi-Coms even know how to manipulate religion to their own ends.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 14, 2011 11:46 AM (9hSKh)

31 Its like what I said after the pirates killed the people on that yacht, time to start blowing things up.

Posted by: Bad Science at March 14, 2011 11:47 AM (vwwWY)

32 the Chinese, IIRC, are claiming that the Tibetians have to wait until the Dalai Lama is reincarnated So is there a little Reincarnation Timer somewhere that goes *ding* when the Dalai Lama has come back round for another life?

Posted by: joncelli at March 14, 2011 11:48 AM (RD7QR)

33 Did you know that 660 people were currently being held ransom by pirates?

Welcome Back, Carter !!

Posted by: TXMarko at March 14, 2011 11:49 AM (ij2eP)

34 the Tibetians have to wait until the Dalai Lama is reincarnated

He has promised that he would not reincarnate in Chinese occupied Tibet. I suggested Hoboken.

Posted by: vishnu at March 14, 2011 11:50 AM (GTbGH)

So is there a little Reincarnation Timer somewhere that goes *ding* when the Dalai Lama has come back round for another life?

I think they have to look for the kid that was born at the exact moment the former Lama died. I think.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 14, 2011 11:50 AM (B+qrE)

36 And finance the Blackwater/Xe folks through PPV of the video.

If a group of mercs took it upon themselves to do this I believe the Obama would actually make a vote.

Unfortunately his vote would be to pour lots of resources into protecting innocent little pirates.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 14, 2011 11:51 AM (tf9Ne)

37 And finance the Blackwater/Xe folks through PPV of the video.

Or use the video for cutscenes in the next First Person Shooter...

Posted by: TXMarko at March 14, 2011 11:51 AM (ij2eP)

38 I think they have to look for the kid that was born at the exact moment the former Lama died. I think.

And he has to pass The Test. Mortal combat with a Yak, and picking out things that belonged to his previous self, but mostly, the picking.

Posted by: vishnu at March 14, 2011 11:51 AM (GTbGH)

39 I think if we did anything it would be against everything Dear Leader has been telling us about the friendly muslim nations. Plus it would totally screw up the goals of NASA.

Posted by: Soona at March 14, 2011 11:52 AM (on2Qa)

40 Mortal combat with a Yak, I get this mental image of a little Tibetan boy round-kicking a cud-chewing Yak and the Yak looking at him and going back to chewing.

Posted by: joncelli at March 14, 2011 11:57 AM (RD7QR)

41
Originally, I was thinking of making an insensitive joke about the Indian Navy augmenting their anti-piracy force with the frigate INS Tech Support, but they're kicking pirate ass. I denounce myself.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 14, 2011 12:01 PM (yf5H9)

42 I was going to suggest that Obambi wouldn't do anything about the pirates until they storm out of a water trap and steal his balls.

I am assuming, of course, that when he goes golfing he does not in fact have to borrow somebody else's balls anytime he wants to play with a set

Posted by: Mark E at March 14, 2011 12:01 PM (w5RwR)

So, how many of those 660 are Americans?

Posted by: maddogg at March 14, 2011 12:01 PM (OlN4e)

44 Put me on the side of cruise missle strikes along the coast helicopter gunships unleashing hell on their ships.

Posted by: Evil libertarian at March 14, 2011 12:02 PM (XV/Eq)

45 Good work TusharD!

Posted by: EC at March 14, 2011 12:02 PM (GQ8sn)

46 If the civilized world is undecided on what to do with, and how to respond to marauding killers then we're fucked. Kill the killers - is that not an effective strategy, or is that something that needs further study and debate ?

Posted by: melvin at March 14, 2011 12:03 PM (3OCZw)

47 Make 'em walk the plank

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 14, 2011 12:07 PM (tvs2p)

48 This President simply cannot bring himself to believe that muslims could possibly do anything wrong, much less condemn them for it.

Posted by: Adjoran at March 14, 2011 12:07 PM (VfmLu)

I didn't read it, but Time Magazine has an article titled "Dead Man Walker".

But yes, you right wingers need to tone down your violent rhetoric.

Posted by: runningrn at March 14, 2011 12:08 PM (ihSHD)

Oops! Wrong thread, sorry!

Posted by: runningrn at March 14, 2011 12:09 PM (ihSHD)

51 All it took was an elite anti-pirate force that consisted of 2 Gurkha in a dugout canoe.

Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2011 12:10 PM (t8f26)

The KKK have been doing this for years. We need to investigate them as well!

Posted by: Keith Ellison at March 14, 2011 12:13 PM (t8f26)

53 If the civilized world is undecided on what to do with, and how to respond to marauding killers then we're fucked.

The problem is that stupid LOST treaty that the Dems want us to sign. It doesn't allow you to simply hang pirates like we used to do.

Besides that, even when we hung pirates it did not get rid of piracy until the British wiped out their bases and the U.S. government started prosecuting the crooks who bought shit from them.

Posted by: Vic at March 14, 2011 12:20 PM (M9Ie6)

Good work TusharD!

Where has he been? I miss that guy....

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 14, 2011 12:25 PM (ujg0T)

55 I am boggled at the lack of will by so many governments to do what needs to be done.

There is no legal, moral or ethical barrier to meting out the justice these pirates deserve w/ extreme prejudice.

Posted by: krakatoa at March 14, 2011 12:32 PM (vtiE6)

56 The rise of India as a democratic superpower is a ray of hope for the world, seriously. India still has major internal problems, but they have a genuine culture of liberty and they're slowly moving in the right direction.

I'm sick of this "America Alone" crap.

Posted by: sandy burger at March 14, 2011 12:34 PM (twiRb)

57 I think I may have heard this suggested when these things started happening (if not, I'm a genius). A) rig up a container ship with containers on deck that house 20mm cannon and/or 40 mm pom-pom guns, so when the pirates approach, the sides drop and then WHAM-O! Rip the shit out of them. I think the Nazis employed these ships in the early days of WW-2. B) charter your own seaborne safari and hunt them yourself! Just be sure and arm yourself to the teeth. Could be a great reality show or twist on the old show "American Sportsman," except this time instead of Chuck Connors reeling in a marlin, you get to reel in the bullet-ridden corpse of a Somali pirate. Imagine his head next that elk on your mantle? How cool would that be?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 14, 2011 12:37 PM (UlUS4)

58 @47: Be sure to chum the waters (heavily) prior to said walking of plank.

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at March 14, 2011 12:37 PM (izA2D)

59 Don't our naval aviators need target practice?

Posted by: SarahsWithMe2012 at March 14, 2011 12:38 PM (MWXXs)

60 If they got Mazeroski, I say we burn 'em down. That's unacceptable.

Posted by: RC at March 14, 2011 12:39 PM (RuF8n)

61 i've read the number of hostages being held is now thought to be more than 1000. some on boats, most on shore. well away from the somali coast. where's steven decatur when we need him?

Posted by: macduff at March 14, 2011 12:40 PM (uZ3/O)

62 Are these 61 pirates still alive? If so, why???

Posted by: alwyr at March 14, 2011 12:40 PM (w2++y)

63 In all seriousness, if any of these bi-pedal vermin can be identified, their families should be hunted down and killed - creating as much of a bloody mess as possible and leaving a nice calling card. Send them a fucking message or send them to hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 14, 2011 12:41 PM (UlUS4)

64 Was wrong about the Nazis. It was the RN that had the Q Ships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_ship

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 14, 2011 12:48 PM (UlUS4)

65 They're not pirates until they are wearing eyepatches, have a peg-leg, and are riddled with syphilis.

Until then, we need to call them what they are: Pitiable Somalians with no other means to support themselves since the white man came and ruined their country.

Posted by: Whoopie and her ilk at March 14, 2011 12:50 PM (ZtwUX)

If I was POTUS we'd be negotiating with a couple divisions worth of the USMC, SOF doing the hostage rescue, and lots of air power to keep their heads down. Oh, and tanks, lots of tanks. No Aspin-Clinton approach this time.

I'm Jefferson like that.

Posted by: Beagle at March 14, 2011 01:00 PM (sOtz/)

67 Could you imagine if Georgie Patton stood face to face with 0bama?! That would be epic.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 14, 2011 01:13 PM (UlUS4)

68 India? INDIA is a superpower? Please. Ace, your standards are slipping a trifle, don't you think?

Posted by: CoolCzech at March 14, 2011 01:19 PM (kUaEF)

69 Any time somebody starts spouting off about the plight of the 3rd Worlders it should be legal to punch them in the face.

Works for me.

Posted by: Paladin at March 14, 2011 01:38 PM (YNPwP)

70 INDIA is a superpower?

There are 800 million of us.

Do not offer my god a peanut.

Posted by: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon at March 14, 2011 01:38 PM (GTbGH)

If you like your hostages

You can keep your hostages....

Posted by: Preznit Ladies Tee at March 14, 2011 01:39 PM (ZUWaD)

72 As a Canadian, I am stunned by the fact that a family of 4 Americans were killed, basically as hostages, by these pirates, but so little has been said about it, and absolutely nothing has been done. I'd like to believe that a team of SEALS is training now to get into the pirates' homes and kill a few hundred of them, but with the current leadership, that seems a forlorn hope. Will the US really let this crime against its citizens slide? Is it really the US any more?

Posted by: CanadaGuy at March 14, 2011 01:58 PM (+J68k)

73 "67 JJ Sefton: Could you imagine if Georgie Patton stood face to face with 0bama?! That would be epic". ++++++++++++++++ There would be nothing epic. Patton would spit on him and walk away.

Posted by: CanadaGuy at March 14, 2011 02:00 PM (+J68k)

74 India has intensified its operations against pirates in the Indian Ocean. It arrested 28 pirates last month and 15 in January.

Get back to me when they say 'arrested and then shot'.....

Posted by: Portnoy at March 14, 2011 02:52 PM (azgo2)

75 On a less serious note,the daily White House party for tonight will have a Barbary Pirate theme.Gotta get into the mood you know!

Posted by: Rufusrastasjohnsonbrown at March 14, 2011 03:02 PM (rNyBM)

76 Oh, thank God. Shep is in Tokyo. Now we will get some REAL coverage with appropriate emotional outbursts!

Groan.

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 14, 2011 03:06 PM (Fo83G)

77 Why not just give the captured pirates a cinder block for a personal flotation device and let them swim home to their cess-pool country.

No taking of prisoners, jail time, free lawyers, time off for good behavior and incessant carping of the silly-bugger MSM about 'human rights' for these poor, misunderstood Somalis.

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Posted by: fashionmonkey at March 14, 2011 06:21 PM (ygKy4)

79 I had a security MOS when I was in the service, and there was a lot of shit that was going on that I found out about later, even a couple times when I was part of them.

I resented not knowing, but it wasn't my place to know so I got over it, but this president thinks that the populace signed a contract in 2008, which they did, but he is abusing it, and apparently the S2's of his administration are the press.

It's a fucking disgrace.

Posted by: Douglas at March 14, 2011 07:46 PM (YKOnu)

80 Somalia-Just one more Muslim country that should be completely wiped off the face of the earth.

Posted by: ThePaganTemple at March 14, 2011 08:00 PM (Fwe0o)

81 I truly do not understand why we can't just shoot to kill any Somalis in a Zodiac trying to board a cargo ship!

I don't think that I am a violent or evil person but if I were to skipper the Maersk Alabama, I would shoot on sight.

Pirates are not fucking funny!

Kill them.

Kill them all!

Fuckers...

Posted by: Deety at March 14, 2011 11:10 PM (Jb3+B)

82 ... spoke about the implicit, unstated powers of the presidency -- one of them is deciding when a foreign policy problem is a crisis or not a problem at all. The president can take a problem off the table simply by refusing to discuss it, and the complacent media takes it's cues -- as far as the American public knows, there is no problem. But there is. People just don't know about it. This must be Obama's way of demonstrating to Judge Vinson, and to all of us, that not partaking in an commercial activity is as relevant as engaging in a commercial activity.

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