Thanks to the Navy Seals with the right stuff!!!

[Oyster]

I know there are some other proud guys on here right now too and should be indeed hearing of your select band of brothers answering the call and freeing the capt that was held hostage for a week. We hear little of the Navy in so many events all supporting the ground pounders, but these guys practice tirelessly to get this type of call!

[PAR]

3 shots, three kills, that's the way we were trained and they clearly still are. Way to go USN. I know you're proud Mike, so am I.

[Konrad]

Ooh-RAH..!!!

(I know, it's USMC.) 

[Howard]

I'm with you guys on this. From my point of view, what took so long?

Once the perps gave up the ship and crawled into the lifeboat, the conclusion was set. Only two ways out. Surrender or die. SEALS would see to that. Captain Phillips stepped to the head of the line of men I'd like to shake hands with, but at the same time, in that position, you have to assume your time is up. Anyone sailing those waters should resolve that going in there is a life and death choice. If you are not ready to make that choice, stay home.

Beyond that, something else is going on over there besides a bunch of whacked out kids in fishing boats. Those are the disposable collateral of the operation. The brains are somewhere else. I'd bet these ships are marked as targets by the time they leave the Suez Canal. Destination and cargo are probably known, time of arrival at point A anticipated and scheduled. I'll wager a dollar to a donut there is big money and brains running this rag tag bunch. Sorta smacks of a Privateer operation.

Hopefully the SEALS and a couple more will get a chance to deal with them too.

[PAR]

This isn't a new thing folks. The horn of Africa has been a hot spot for pirates for hundreds of years. Much more so since the canal was opened.

Other countries fished out the area, mostly illegally. Industry has used the area as a chemical dumping ground for decades and the general lack of organized governments in the region (historically) opens the door for the "enterprising" sailor.