Americans take back hijacked ship

[Kratos]

Time to issue letters of marque and reprisal.

Like hire private pirate bounty hunters?
Damn blome, nobody can say you aren't consistant.

I like the aircraft carrier idea, there could be an f-16 up there ass within 15 min and filling their little pirate ship with 20mm cannon rounds, if pirates should give chase. Only I think Egypt should have to foot some of the bill. They make 4.2 billion on the Suez and they could help protect it by tossing in a few hundred mil.

[SMCengineer]

Like hire private pirate bounty hunters?
Damn blome, nobody can say you aren't consistant.

I like the aircraft carrier idea, there could be an f-16 up there ass within 15 min and filling their little pirate ship with 20mm cannon rounds, if pirates should give chase. Only I think Egypt should have to foot some of the bill. They make 4.2 billion on the Suez and they could help protect it by tossing in a few hundred mil.

Well, not so much private bounty hunters, but authorizing the shipowners themselves to act on behalf of the US to and protect their own ships by arming themselves.

[Kratos]

Well, not so much private bounty hunters, but authorizing the shipowners themselves to act on behalf of the US to and protect their own ships by arming themselves.

The International Maritime Organization FORBIDS arming the crews of civilian vessels. They are only allowed to use fire hoses to ward off unwanted boarders. Not much good if the lead ship of the pirates has an RPG pointed at them. Anyway the crews are small and they aren't trained for it. I don't think giving a bunch of inexperienced sailors automatic weapon with hundreds of rounds of ammo would be a very good idea, and they'd never be allowd in any international ports.

[SMCengineer]

The International Maritime Organization FORBIDS arming the crews of civilian vessels. They are only allowed to use fire hoses to ward off unwanted boarders. Not much good if the lead ship of the pirates has an RPG pointed at them. Anyway the crews are small and they aren't trained for it. I don't think giving a bunch of inexperienced sailors automatic weapon with hundreds of rounds of ammo would be a very good idea, and they'd never be allowd in any international ports.

I'm sure fighting off armed pirates with a fire hose will do the trick, haha. I see it as no surprise that pirates don't follow the International Maritime Organiization, but than again I guess criminals don't abide by the law.

He got in an argument with one of his college profs who called America a democracy. There is hope yet for your revoloution. Ron Paul does make me a little nervous because I think he would just end up at odds with the house, creating a stale mate where nothing gets done if he were pres. But this country needs to find a way to balance itself soon.

Nothing wrong with stalemates. The less legislation the better.