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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
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It's a no-win situation. If the pirates had killed the captain (while on a lifeboat towed by an American warship with American special forces within reach) that would be serious bragging rights and the'd be sure to dig up the ghosts of Blackhawk Down to taunt the U.S. and call us 'paper tigers'.
But now that we did take them out, they say we went too far. What would the proportionate action be? Continue to negotiate a stalemate? Wait until they harm the captain then respond? I don't think it's disproportionate at all.
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Yeah I agree to some extent. I'm just saying that it'd be nice if they'd found another solution. Such as immobilizing the pirate in some way. Is that possible? Not sure.
But there are other people other there who will be sure.
And those people will maintain that the pirates did not shoot first. That there are more dead Somalis than US citizens. And those people will be pissed.