Comments on: Give Me A Break

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:51:18 +0000

Hell, when hasn’t there been piracy in Asia. The Silk Road was considered a better bet because of it, and when the Europeans arrived, they brought their version with them.

I’ll have another “War on Terror” post up shortly about unintended consequences for some of your guys.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:52:47 +0000

To me, this is yet another example of why the whole ‘War on Terror’ is a sham. If it were serious, the US would have worked with other Nations who all have a vested interest in stopping international piracy. But that would be like work. Much easier to invade what was considered a very soft target for Oil and other benefits. How’s that going BTW? 😉 😆

BTW,these ‘Somali Pirates’ are not the only ones, they are simply the latest. Pirates have been operating in International waters forever.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:17:35 +0000

If Ran Paul thinks it’s a solution, let him buy a boat and go do it with some of his supporters. “There is no free lunch” is the mantra of libertarians, as Paul claims to be, so he had better have a profit available if he wants to pursue this.

The world stopped doing this because it was a disaster.

By: Comrade Kevin

Comrade Kevin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:59:43 +0000

Because it’s vigilante justice, number one, and number two, you know they wouldn’t be paid jack shit to do the government’s dirty work.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:07:09 +0000

The days when pirates were summarily hanged from a yardarm are over. They are criminals and, if captured, have to be turned over to a court of jurisdiction and prosecuted. Privateers have no recognized powers of arrest in East Africa, and the few countries will to try and imprison them, want to be paid for their trouble.

The French and US Navies provide evidence, often video, of the crimes, and have embassies in place to assist prosecutions. The privateers are not going to want to be bothered.

The US didn’t eliminate letters of marque because they are written into the Constitution and it’s a major project to amend it. At the time that everyone else was eliminating them, there wasn’t much of a permanent US Navy. The US didn’t have a significant standing Army, or permanent Navy until after the Civil War, so letters of marque, like the state militias, were the basis for raising a force for a war.

Given the disastrous role of mercenaries on Iraq, I don’t see the US Congress being all that anxious to start approving the letters any time soon.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:36:54 +0000

Why does every bad idea of the last thousand years have to be tried again?

OK… I’m guessing that was intended rhetorically? 😉 But… since you asked…

As I’ve mentioned once or twice before… The GOPhers have no imagination and no creativity. Believing in fantasy and twisting facts to suit their own narrow views and ancient failed ideas does not equate to imagination or creativity. :)Therefore… what else WOULD they do than forever trying the same old failed and lunatic ideas? 🙂 It’s very simple… In their World, if you try and try, and try again ad infinitum… it has to work eventually! Facts to the contrary be damned. It’s a simple matter of statistical probability. And besides… *everyone knows*^tm they *they* never fail… it’s everyone else who causes them to fail by not doing what they are damned well told! A distinction with a difference. 😉

😆