Comments on: CG’s Allen Slams Piracy, Hails UN Action

By: BRAINSTORMER

BRAINSTORMER — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:16:29 +0000

HANG THEM FROM THE YARD ARM(CRANE BOOM) OR ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP LIKE HUMAN BOAT BUMPERS
PIRACY IS A CRIME ..ALWAYS HAS BEEN…PUNISHMENT PREDOMINANTLY WAS HANGING ..Y CHANGE WHAT WORKS..Y REINVENT THE WHEEL..HOLD THOSE THAT PERFORM CRIMINAL ACTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND PUNISH THEM..QUICKLY EFFICIANTLY EFFECTIVELY.…THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PRECEDENTS HAVE BEEN SET YEARS AND YEARS AGO…AFTER A FEW DOZEN OF THESE THUGS ARE CAPTURED TRIED AND HUNG ON THE SPOT EITHER FROM THE SHIP THEY ATTACKED OR NEARBY MILITARY OR POLICE VESSELS.….IT WILL STOP..OR GIVE THEM PAUSE FOR THOUGHT..IF I AM CAIGHT THEY WILL HANG ME!!!! I’D THINK TWICE…BETTER YET..STATION A PLATFORM OF SOME SORT WITH A MULTIPLE SET OF GALLOWS JUST OFF THE HEAVIEST PIRATED AREAS AND HANG THESE CRIMINALS THERE FOR ALL THE OTHER CRIMINALS TO SEE..STRIKES ME AS AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL APPROACH..THEN AGAIN TO ME WRONG IS WRONG AND CRIME CRIME. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THERE ACTIONS AND ACTIVELY SHOW THEM THE RESULT OF THOSE ACTIONS.
HANG THEM..HIGH..FAST„,AND CONTINIOUSLY UNTIL THEY STOP THE ATTACKS..AND MAYBE TAKE OUT SOME OF THEIR SHORE BASES AS WELL..WE DID IT BEFORE..NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO DO IT AGAIN..PROSECUTE WITH PERSISTENCE AND MEANING…JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER..
THANK YOU

By: Bob W

Bob W — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:34:12 +0000

Sure am glad one of our sea-going service chiefs, has balls.

“In another of near-daily incidents, the U.S. Navy said pirates fired small arms weapons at one of its supply ships off the coast of Somalia. The USNS Lewis and Clark outran the two pirate skiffs after being chased for about an hour on Wednesday.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSL75577120090507

Adm. Mullen — .…“Not a Proponent of Arming Merchant Marine And Piracy “Is Not My Priority Right Now.”

The head of the Maritime Administration, James Caponiti, who oversees America’s merchant marine, said today that he opposed the arming of US merchant seamen to counter pirates. “We do not want to arm mariners in any event,” …the risks were just too great even though there is training for mariners to be trained in the use of small arms.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/category/homeland-security/

By: Chief Houston

Chief Houston — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:05:33 +0000

Thanks Admiral Allen,
You have the unique perspective and initiated progress toward this objective! Action was initiated after your words took flight.
Semper Paratus/Semper Fidelis

By: tjm308

tjm308 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:27:29 +0000

Agree that turning over Somali pirates to the non-existent Somali government would do nothing to remove them from the seas.

Probably you’ve all seen the articles concerning the money they are spending on, for a partial list, cars, houses, quat (they get charged higher rates that the townspeople), and bride buying.

Given this I can visualize a captured pirate receiving a hero’s welcome home, limo trip back to his house and encouragement to get ‘back to work’.

Meanwhile, if captured and sent to, for example, The Hague for trial their numbers would decrease. The faster the number of pirates returning from raiding forays decrease – whether from going to trial, jail, or being killed, the better the deterrent would be to those still on land.

They’re in it for the money, not a political statement, and certainly not for a suicide mission.

ON the other side, how about helping them reestablish profitable fishing? Might be cheaper than either fighting them OR paying ransoms.

By: Tenn Slim

Tenn Slim — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:20 +0000

Sir:
One flaw in the proposal.
The country that the Pirates would be turned over to, after capture, etc. is the same country they sailed from. Pardon the grammer.
Somalia, is not a viable return point.
Proposed.
Capture in International waters. Then transport to the Swiss, at the Hague court of criminal actions. Better yet, Transport directly to Loyds of London door step.
No one wants to really punish, end or disrupt this piracy. The face of it makes for news, managed at best, but a concern. Ransoms are and will be paid. Pirates will and are, continuing to do thier acts.
It is really sad, that the USCG Sailors have to be involved at all. A simple, Live and Let Live policy would be more appropriate. However, this vexes the mind of the US Citizen. After all, we are the calvary.
As soon as the benefactors of this situation, IE: the UE and the various Corporations lose significant monies, then the piracy will end.
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