United Nations finally decided to stop feeding the pirates

[pico]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/24/un.somalia/index.html

kinda make sense

[Richkas]

We should just slaughter the whole area.

[louisvillekid]

it has always baffled me how those shitty pirates take over those huge vessels. those rag-tag pirates have little speed boats and a few machine guns. Give those people on those ships/vessels some firepower and they would never get hi-jacked, fu*k they are on huge ships that are much taller and made of steel. Just mow down and snipe those fu*ckers off from above, hell they have the angle and the cover, those pirates ain't got nothing and are exposed sitting in those little boats.

[pico]

it is international water. if you kill couple pirates, no one will ever find out about it.

[pavyracer]

If they stop sending food to Somalia then the pirates will attack food carrying vessels and sell to the local population for profit.

[pico]

i think the US, europeans and asia should just make a pact on how to divy up the african continent. that way, each country's own military has the duty to kill all the insurgents. divide and conquer

[JoshW]

Getting on the water is dangerous closer to home too. Pirates have been taking down pleasure boats in Mexico and Caribbean for years. Put million dollars boats in reach of the poor and this is bound to happen.

[purecarnagge]

they are considering for now they are going to continue to give welfare...why can't we let them starve and die?

[pico]

are you allowed to shoot people on international water?

[pico]

people will be arming their yacht with torpoedos and water mines. hire a snipe as well. i can see international pirate hunting will be the next big sport.

[RogueJuror]

sonic guns

[pico]

sonic guns require a lot of energy. sniper rifles are more fun

[curious]

it has always baffled me how those shitty pirates take over those huge vessels. those rag-tag pirates have little speed boats and a few machine guns. Give those people on those ships/vessels some firepower and they would never get hi-jacked, fu*k they are on huge ships that are much taller and made of steel. Just mow down and snipe those fu*ckers off from above, hell they have the angle and the cover, those pirates ain't got nothing and are exposed sitting in those little boats.

You can thank liberalism, political correctness, and lawyers. The big companies that own these ships are worried about:
1. Lawsuits. They are afraid that the crew will either mistakenly blow some tourists out of the water, or that any survivors of a pirate ship that attacks them and is blown out of the water will sue.
2. Bad publicity. Can't you just hear the political correctness, bleeding heart media interviewing the widow and children of a pirate that was blown to smithereens? (Where is smithereens anyway?)
3. Legal problems with the UN, US courts, World Court, you name it. Given how ****ed up the UN is, can't you just imagine some third world country bringing human rights violations or war crimes charges against a company that told its crew to "waste the mother ****ers" when the crew asked for instructions while under pirate attack?

Personally, I think these large, expensive vessels should be outfitted with the latest in radar, sonar, listening devices, infra red, thermal detection, guided missiles, laser guided canons, etc, etc so that unless you tried to attack them with a cruiser or a battleship they could blow your ass out of the water.

Then all the countries in the world that own such vessels should jointly announce a zero tolerance policy toward piracy. "If you attack one of our ships we will blast you mother ****ers out of the water, then we will turn the ship around and run over any survivors".

I'm pretty certain that piracy would be less of a nuisance if this was done.

But, in order to do this the companies that own these ships would need guarantees from the UN, EU, The Hague, etc, etc, that they were not going to be persecuted for defending themselves from pirates. And we know that the bleeding heart liberals that run these institutions are never going to agree to that.

[pico]

i would hire mercenaries. let them rob you and tell the mercenaries to follow their rag boat and kill everyone and take back the money. people on the boat won't know a thing.

[curious]

i would hire mercenaries. let them rob you and tell the mercenaries to follow their rag boat and kill everyone and take back the money. people on the boat won't know a thing.

Where do I sign up for a job like that? That would be fun.

[yisman]

it has always baffled me how those shitty pirates take over those huge vessels. those rag-tag pirates have little speed boats and a few machine guns. Give those people on those ships/vessels some firepower and they would never get hi-jacked, fu*k they are on huge ships that are much taller and made of steel. Just mow down and snipe those fu*ckers off from above, hell they have the angle and the cover, those pirates ain't got nothing and are exposed sitting in those little boats.

those are my thoughts as well.

[wtf]

funny u mention the UN

what a paper tiger, not even worth the building it is housed in

they just found that the thai military is pulling these boat people floating in from Bangladesh or some other shit hole (must be bad to want to risk it to go to thailand or malaysia) BACK OUT TO SEA !

of course almost all of them die, etc.

so now the UN intervened, wow, thailand is so worried - not - they keep doing it, going on for years now

[pico]

i think there is a market where you organize bunch of rich people who love to hunt. charter a dummy commercial vessel and stay around the somolia water for days. snipe the pirates for fun. that beats hunting in safari. i think i can charge like 250k per person.

[curious]

i think there is a market where you organize bunch of rich people who love to hunt. charter a dummy commercial vessel and stay around the somolia water for days. snipe the pirates for fun. that beats hunting in safari. i think i can charge like 250k per person.

And if you actually catch pirates in the act of raiding a commercial vessel, wait for them to claim it, then steal it from them and sell it back to the company that owns it under international salvage laws. I like it.

But, I wouldn't just snipe at the pirates, I would want to also do things like put some chemical on the water, say right next to their boat, that burns very nicely when set on fire.

Hmmm, this sounds like a great business.

[Richkas]

are you allowed to shoot people on international water?

The USA can shoot anybody anywhere anytime. We are the world police.

[pico]

And if you actually catch pirates in the act of raiding a commercial vessel, wait for them to claim it, then steal it from them and sell it back to the company that owns it under international salvage laws. I like it.

But, I wouldn't just snipe at the pirates, I would want to also do things like put some chemical on the water, say right next to their boat, that burns very nicely when set on fire.

Hmmm, this sounds like a great business.

i also thought about setting up hidden nets that is hidden just below the water (those things can wrap round the propeller and disable it). if they ran into one of those, then it is pretty much canned shooting.

they do have rpgs though. so you need to keep a safe distance from them, but with nets and high powered sniper rifles, you should be able to kill them pretty easily.

[jayc88]

it has always baffled me how those shitty pirates take over those huge vessels. those rag-tag pirates have little speed boats and a few machine guns. Give those people on those ships/vessels some firepower and they would never get hi-jacked, fu*k they are on huge ships that are much taller and made of steel. Just mow down and snipe those fu*ckers off from above, hell they have the angle and the cover, those pirates ain't got nothing and are exposed sitting in those little boats.

imagine what might happen if theres a gun fight on a oil / gas vessel

[curious]

imagine what might happen if theres a gun fight on a oil / gas vessel

If the oil/gas vessel shoots first with a big enough gun there won't be any gun fight.

Radar operator: "Sir, I see what appears to be a high speed motor boat approaching us, probably pirates, currently it is 23 miles away".

Captain: "Number 1 gun crew (16 inch guns with a range of 23.6 miles), please fire a few salvos at the approaching pirate ship".

Abdul (on pirate ship, talking on radio): "Well, Muhammed, in about thirty minutes we will be boa".

Muhammed: (listening to static) "Abdul, Abdul, are you there, I seem to have lost the signal. Abdul, Abdul"

Radar operator: "Pirate ship no longer approaching us sir. Perhaps the twenty four 16 inch, 1,800 pound shells that just slammed into their ship have something to do with the fact that they no longer show up on radar".

Captain: "Perhaps".

[yisman]

You can thank liberalism, political correctness, and lawyers. The big companies that own these ships are worried about:
1. Lawsuits. They are afraid that the crew will either mistakenly blow some tourists out of the water, or that any survivors of a pirate ship that attacks them and is blown out of the water will sue.
2. Bad publicity. Can't you just hear the political correctness, bleeding heart media interviewing the widow and children of a pirate that was blown to smithereens? (Where is smithereens anyway?)
3. Legal problems with the UN, US courts, World Court, you name it. Given how ****ed up the UN is, can't you just imagine some third world country bringing human rights violations or war crimes charges against a company that told its crew to "waste the mother ****ers" when the crew asked for instructions while under pirate attack?

Personally, I think these large, expensive vessels should be outfitted with the latest in radar, sonar, listening devices, infra red, thermal detection, guided missiles, laser guided canons, etc, etc so that unless you tried to attack them with a cruiser or a battleship they could blow your ass out of the water.

Then all the countries in the world that own such vessels should jointly announce a zero tolerance policy toward piracy. "If you attack one of our ships we will blast you mother ****ers out of the water, then we will turn the ship around and run over any survivors".

I'm pretty certain that piracy would be less of a nuisance if this was done.

But, in order to do this the companies that own these ships would need guarantees from the UN, EU, The Hague, etc, etc, that they were not going to be persecuted for defending themselves from pirates. And we know that the bleeding heart liberals that run these institutions are never going to agree to that.

Agreed on all points.

[pavyracer]

people will be arming their yacht with torpedos and water mines. hire a snipe as well. i can see international pirate hunting will be the next big sport.

If the people owning yachts put water mines wouldn't the other yachts hit them? Or does the water mine know what is a private yacht and what is a pirate vessel?

[pico]

If the people owning yachts put water mines wouldn't the other yachts hit them? Or does the water mine know what is a private yacht and what is a pirate vessel?

tow the mines with wires. you might blow up couple of dolphins too.