Somali pirates hijack the oil tanker Aris 13

[Zorba]

From the linked article:

Not American owned nor USA flagged...none of our business. Let the owners' country/countries deal with it.

The US Military is NOT the world's police force.

Exactly, if they want the full force of the US Navy on their side, they can fly an American flag, otherwise fuck-'em. Its not the US's job to provide protection to ships flagged with flags of convenience or that have no connection to the US.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Exactly, if they want the full force of the US Navy on their side, they can fly an American flag, otherwise fuck-'em. Its not the US's job to provide protection to ships flagged with flags of convenience or that have no connection to the US.

The US committed forces to Task Force 151 protect the shipping lanes and that means when a ship in distress calls for help they will respond if they are close enough and falls under the guidelines outlined in the first paragraph.

 

[Zorba]

The US committed forces to Task Force 151 protect the shipping lanes and that means when a ship in distress calls for help they will respond if they are close enough and falls under the guidelines outlined in the first paragraph.

Completely different than bombing their ports.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

You're right, every time they get away with another attack on a ship they become more emboldened to do even more. Humanitarian aid was already tried and we see how that played out. Time to tomahawk their warlords and their troops to free the people of their oppression.

holy fuckballs, did you write the strategy to 'help' the middle east as well?

 

[Puffnstuff]

holy fuckballs, did you write the strategy to 'help' the middle east as well?

Well if I did I would send Hezbollah to Somalia and let them blow up the ports.