U.S. Navy vs. Pirates! (seriously)

The seas are, so to speak, flooded with the pirates. Not the Barbary Pirates who roamed the Mediterranean 200 years ago and who are described by Michael Oren in his masterful book, Power, Faith and Fantasy. Ah, you thought piracy was just an old world phenomenon. But it's not. There are an increasing number of pirates and cases of piracy in the South China Sea.

Let's face it, however. The capitol of piracy around the globe is around the waters of Araby. See the article, "The Tears of Pirates," by Gassan Charbel in Al Hayat just last week: "The new painful reality is that Arabs today are emerging through the window of piracy, as if the 9/11 attacks were not enough."

And then comes the piece by Jeffrey Gettleman in this morning's Times, "Somali Pirates Capture Tanks and Unwanted Global Notice." The weapons were on their way to Kenya and the pirates were prowling the Indian Ocean. The Times says there was $30 million worth of military loot on board. An American ship was en route to the seized boat, and a Russian ship was fast in pursuit.

Isn't there some real sense that Arab countries and Arab societies provide the world with too much of its news?

Like today's: 17 people were killed in Damascus in a car bomb attack. A state-run news service, Cham Press, said it didn't "blame anyone else for this satanic attack apart from Israel."

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[bce5150]

yes shes a real news reporter and yes shes lesbian

[LaenPvP]

@shortloinsirloin French Sniper? Those are the kind that crawl slowly away from the battlefield, correct?

[dealerofjustice]

a ship containing powerful weaponry and tanks? and not enough guards and firepower to fend off a couple of desperate bandits?

[franknbeans4761]

Any report this woman gives on any military force is ridiculous. She never knows what she is talking about. Snipers shoot out of helo's all the time, ever since Vietnam. And if you watch her report on the F-22, it is just embarrassing. Her ass must be jealous of the shit that comes out of her mouth.

[monseyhunt]

imagine waking up each morning and looking at that face. She has to be the most ignorant person on TV and most of the time she is totally clueless regarding the facts.

[wtong89]

Only the French would think of things like that.

[MICROTRIAC]

gunnersmates love it when shit heads say they will fight to the death!

[XMasterDragon]

This is why we need to guard Africa and Haiti's coastlines and start bombing them if they become overpopulated...

[420bailey]

this bitch is totaly clueless, yes the military snipers of most maretime nations are capable of and regularly do shoot out the engines of boats with 50. cal. rifles. get your face out of that bitches honey pot and study up on military advances, you have a long row to hoe, this has been a standard method of disableing a vehicle since the vietnam war. Twit

[spartans114s]

@TheSevenmind DUMBASS....

[Cougman1978]

Anyone will take rachel as your own wife? The way she works for american and all her own speaks against american. I just don't understand her.

[vk45de]

US coast guards have snipers who shoot out outboard motors and they're work. stop trying to act smart and spread your ignorance you dumb b!tch