cnn reporting the cargo ship captain is now FREE! He's now onboard

[babylonsister]

a Navy ship! :applause:

Family has known for several hours now. I'm sure they're elated!

cnn update: one pirate was on the closest military ship negotiating. The military (Navy Seals?) went in and got Phillips' attention. He dove overboard and the divers covered him, killing the remaining three pirates.

[walkaway]

1. That's wonderful. Peace on earth good will towards men.

[vadawg]

4. apart from the dead pirates that is N/T

[dem629]

17. Awwww, poor pirates.

[DURHAM D]

2. More than likely a ransom was paid with our tax dollars.

AIG insures many of these ships. When ransom is paid it is not paid by the owner of the vessel but by the insurance carrier.

[cagesoulman]

5. Our tax dollars at work?

Glad the guy's ok.

[cali]

6. 3 of the pirates were killed. 1 captured. I highly doubt ransom was paid.

[DURHAM D]

7. We will never know the truth.

The global shipping industry has spent decades removing itself from regulations and rules while positioning the business to not be subject to the notion or reality of being "nation based". With this recent piracy episode everyone is ignoring that fact and wants to send in the calvary.

[babylonsister]

10. At least she's not making 'the truth' up like you're trying to. nt

[cali]

you don;'t know that we'll never know the truth. that's absurd.

and sorry you're so grieved about the Captain surviving.

[DURHAM D]

20. I am, of course, pleased that the Captain is ok.

But the ignorance about the maritime industry is staggering - especially if you call yourself a Democrat or progressive.

[jpak]

15. That's just stupid - 1 rescued captain, 3 dead pirates and 1 pirate in custody

Where does ransom payment figure into this?

It doesn't.

[cali]

3. YAY. YAY. YAY.

Come on home, Captain.

[joshcryer]

23. What about the bloodshed?

What about those poor pirates and how they were senselessly murdered!!!111

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Curses. Foiled again." - Republicon Homelanders

"We were so hoping America would FAIL -- the way we Homelanders FAILED for 8 miserable years. Curses."

- Republicon Homelanders

[babylonsister]

13. Exactly, SpiralHawk. But you know they'll find a reason to

complain. Hell, look around just on this thread! Damned if you do...

[nookiemonster]

19. LOL, ya know it irritates the crap outta them!

:rofl:

Of course, it's never stopped them from just pulling shit outta their asses and making stuff up.

Just think, maybe if we tortured them with light sticks, we could've garnered some buried treasure too! :sarcasm:

[Political Tiger]

9. This is good news and I'm glad he is safe! n/t

[LisaL]

11. Oh that's great. That guy is a hero.

[NYC_SKP]

12. NOW---there needs to be immediate plans made to prevent this shit from happening again.

Whether it's Q-ships, dummies used to attract and then destroy pirates, or heavy arming of all vessels, or other means, this shit could have been prevented.

NOW is the time to prevent future occurrences and there needs to be ZERO tolerance.

A small craft comes anywhere near a larger vessel and you blow them the fuck out of the water and ask questions later.

:patriot:

[babylonsister]

16. I think arming the cargo ships is going to have to happen.

The people on these ships have to be able to defend themselves.

[Captain Hilts]

21. Yes, fewer in-port inspections and impediments if crew members are armed. nt

[LynnTheDem]

24. Perhaps looking at root causes would also be purposeful.

Something America has never been good at. Even after the usual blow-back hits us.

[babylonsister]

26. I think that would and should be the ultimate goal.

Supposedly the cargo ship was full of supplies/humanitarian aid headed for Somalia, so someone's trying to help and hopefully understands what the Somalians are going through.

At least now there's a big magnifying glass on the situation.

[NYC_SKP]

28. Agreed, absolutely.

There's a whole lot going on that needs to have light shed on it, but these ships need to be less vulnerable and what happened could have been avoided with the right advance planning, preparation, and dealing with whatever is behind it all.

[LynnTheDem]

25. WTF???

"A small craft comes anywhere near a larger vessel and you blow them the fuck out of the water and ask questions later."


Holy fuck. :wow:

[NYC_SKP]

27. Details: an unmarked, suspicious, doesn't reply to communication attempts, and...

...has no business approaching the "personal space" of the ship in the most dangerous waters on earth.

Yes, sink them at the very least and then save the survivors, maybe.

and, coffee and donuts for the captain and crew who did the right thing.

:donut:

Unless you can describe a scenario like above where the small craft would be entirely innocent.

[mnhtnbb]

14. Hoo-ray! Score one for the Obama admin!

[doctor jazz]

18. Excellent. 3 down, a few hundred to go.

...

[Subdivisions]

22. I was wondering when the Seals would show up. Probably inserted via

submarine. Or that could just be my action movie bent speaking :D.