Comments on: Hostage Captain Richard Phillips Rescued: Somali Pirates Killed

By: nancy

nancy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:01:22 +0000

Don’t mess with the USN.Go seals!makes me proud

By: Just the Facts

Just the Facts — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:32:13 +0000

Nick Davis, according to an NPR piece from the winter, runs a business called Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions, where for $30,000, three unarmed men will “deter” pirates traveling in that area. Having armed men kill pirates is not good for his “deterrence” business.

By: Noble

Noble — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:58:54 +0000

Wonderful news related to the end of the Maersk AlObama hijacking! Phillips, Navy Seals, USS Bainbridge captain, and Obama proved their amazing capabilities! A ship sending food and aid supplies is subjected to hijacking by a band of lawless pirates who send their weakest to face the dangers of piracy while they are cashing millions. The best of humanity and human ideals won triumphantly over the worst of human characters. Let all humanity celebrate this great triumphal moment as a symbol of humanity’s potential for developing an ever advancing civilization rather than being dragged back into lawlessness reminiscent of centuries past.

By: beth

beth — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:11:19 +0000

Yeah! HOOAH for the Navy Seals!!!

By: jo

jo — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:39:00 +0000

@ Lydia : Not the hopping bunny ! T’was the Easter Seals

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:23:17 +0000

wonderful what a great present for his family from the Hopping Bunny

By: beth

beth — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:47:00 +0000

I hope we go after these Somali Pirates big time. A little payback would do them and anyone using that shipping lane a world of good.

Taking care of this situation sent a great message to the world that we aren’t quite as wussified as people have been afraid we were. Unarmed Americans took back that merchant ship from those pirates! You gotta love that!

By: beth

beth — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:44:17 +0000

I can’t help but think this ‘expert’ is wrong. One of the reasons so few Americans are kidnapped by pirates and rebels around the world is that Americans don’t negotiate with them or pay ransoms.

If they are doing it for the money, its not profitable to kidnap an American. Its also very likely the hostage takers won’t come out of it alive. At least, that’s been our reputation up to now.

I was so worried that our democrats in Congress and the Presidency would tie the Navy’s hands and the situation would go for bad to worse, especially after it went on for days.

Thank goodness it didn’t go down that way and the Navy came to the rescue and saved Phillips life!! What a brave hero HE is!