Captain Phillps' actions to save his crew were already known, and his attempted escape on Friday drew him praise for gutsiness. But what should truly catapult him into the pantheon of Mensches is this sentiment:
Maersk Chief Executive Officer John Reinhart called the rescue a “good moment.” He said he’s spoken with Phillips, who told him to say that “John, I’m just a byline. The real heroes are the Navy, the SEALs who have brought me home."Sounds like the kind of person who would be quite welcome 'round here...
Question: Is it possible to snipe accurately at people on a boat from the deck of a ship several hundred yards away, when both are moving on the waves and one or both are also under way on their engines? Or is it more likely that the "snipers" were SEALs in the water close by the boat, using waterproofed guns or some sort of gas-powered gun?
" ... One regret. The head shots that killed the three pirates were simultaneous. This means that none of the Muslim goons got to see their buddy's heads explode. Oh well ... can't have everything, I guess. ..."
But I can also see utility in the Navy wishing the pirates to think that level of marksmanship is possible from your average Navy vessel and to not know there were SEALs that close-in.
In other words, yes.
[Waves "Hello!" to Somali guy in Michigan who's surfing the 'net for intel on the issue to send home to refine pirate TTPs]
Yeah, but I'll bet that some heads will be exploding over it closer to home...
"They inflicted the death penalty on foreign citizens without a trial! Those
thugspoor free-range boat-harvesters had their Constitutional Rights violated by the military, just like thethugspoor free-range goat farmers being held at Gitmo!""NO BLOOD FOR TILAPIA!"
*checking watch*
I thought it was really cool that Capt. Phillips was rescued on Easter Sunday. It's an appropriate day for the Good Guys to win. :)
That's prime bumper sticker material, right there!
ahem
Heh.
Didn't have to wait too long -- one of the guys just busted out laughing at a comment he saw at HuffPo, to whit: the Somali pirates started out in the 1990s as a bunch of civic-minded individuals who decided to stop the toxic waste dumping and illegal fishing off the Somali coast.
Ergo, we are fighting the Somali Coast Guard.
Moonbats. Gotta love 'em...
What he said:
Kill all the pirates and their accomplices. Don’t waste time trying to sort it out, they are all corrupt. TIA.
Let me select 50 men and proper equipment, perhaps less and this problem will be resolved very quickly.
( From: http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/guest_editorial_2.html )
Easter SEALS? Bwahahaha! We were praying for Captain Phillips around here. When the Engineer told the eldest CLU that it was three snipers that took out the perps, he said 'We are the BEST!'
Last I checked, criminals have no rights.
Um, Cricket, yes they do. Surely you mistyped?
OBTW, the device at hand is a meager Ruger 10-22...with 30 round clip (Lamigra)
Why do lots of folks use "clip" when referring to a magazine?
The M-1 Garand I was entrusted with back in 1961 utilizied an 8-round clip.
My M-14, which replaced the Garand a year later, utilized a 20-round magazine.
They did not in any way resemble each other.
Ummmm.....cuz they are the same at least according to some....
clip n 1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be
inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder,
cartridge clip, clip, magazine]
Howsomeever, for the sake of arguement, I will accept your correction, and I had seen the point made before, elsewhere and when, I do not recall.
I stand corrected, and thank you kindly for pointing out the error in my ways.
Which I was issued in 1966, but that is neither here nor there, my question is this:
What was the 7th Cavalry doing in 1965 with M16s? I never saw one until I got to Fort Lewis, en route to Vietnam, in 1971. Truth to tell, though, the M16s we had _in_my_unit_, were newly issued to the unit (as I recall), but were well worn. I 'spect and vaguely recall, that some grunt _units_ were already on their way home, and must have turned in their serviceable M16s for reissue to other, lesser, units.
Think I'll go do some googling, now.
"Some" are mistaken. I blame the mainstream media.
Sadly, even people who write dictionaries get it wrong now and then.
Dear Lamigra (and others),
If you're interested about the Vietnam war I found the following site:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/Vietnam.html