Somali pirates hijack US flagged ship with US citizens aboard

[Gerry Clinchy]

BrianW

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it really does boil down to dealing with a bunch of thugs who are only loosely associated.
Now are you still talking about the marine terrorists or about Congress ?

Where is Julie's "post of the day" avatar when you need it?!!

[Hew]

Maybe so, but after watching Americas Best Sniper (os some title similar to that) on discovery I am not so sure they didn't make the shots as it has been reported. These guys on the show were shooting people from hundreds of yards away from choppers, boats, swinging bridges, through windows and even through cement block walls.....

That show is what got me to thinking that maybe they didn't shoot them from the destroyer. The show/episode I watched, they couldn't hit sh!t from the helicopter. I would think a boat to boat shot would be even tougher. I'm not so much saying that they couldn't make that shot (X 3), but doubting that they'd risk trying that when from what I've read about their capabilities, it would be child's play (for them) to sneak onto the boat and cap 3 dead-tired numbnuts before they knew what hit 'em.

[badbullgator]

That show is what got me to thinking that maybe they didn't shoot them from the destroyer. The show/episode I watched, they couldn't hit sh!t from the helicopter. I would think a boat to boat shot would be even tougher. I'm not so much saying that they couldn't make that shot (X 3), but doubting that they'd risk trying that when from what I've read about their capabilities, it would be child's play (for them) to sneak onto the boat and cap 3 dead-tired numbnuts before they knew what hit 'em.

Yeah but were you watching the one with LEO's or the millitary guys. The cops coupldn;t hit anything, the OPS took out everything