Comments on: Garuda Airlines Captain sentenced to two years in prison for Boeing 737 accident. http://project7alpha.com/2009/04/garuda-airlines-captain-sentenced/ American Airlines in Burma 1942 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chip http://project7alpha.com/2009/04/garuda-airlines-captain-sentenced/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Chip Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:56:35 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=391#comment-125 Rick; For some reason my first response dumped. Second attempt: I remember the pirates in the straits of Malaca as well. Same MO as the Somalis. I flew over Somalia after the Black Hawk down incident; it is a failed state. War lords rule, it was/is absolute anarchy. IMO the only solution is for the US Navy to sink every suspected pirate vessel. The victim crews can't carry weapons (due to International Law). The UN would do nothing as usual if asked for action, so IMO it is the only feasable option. The Marines are maxed out; I think it would take more manpower then we have. A lot of ships pass that way. Rick;
For some reason my first response dumped. Second attempt: I remember the pirates in the straits of Malaca as well. Same MO as the Somalis. I flew over Somalia after the Black Hawk down incident; it is a failed state. War lords rule, it was/is absolute anarchy.

IMO the only solution is for the US Navy to sink every suspected pirate vessel. The victim crews can’t carry weapons (due to International Law). The UN would do nothing as usual if asked for action, so IMO it is the only feasable option.

The Marines are maxed out; I think it would take more manpower then we have. A lot of ships pass that way.

]]> By: chip http://project7alpha.com/2009/04/garuda-airlines-captain-sentenced/comment-page-1/#comment-124 chip Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:02:39 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=391#comment-124 Rick; I flew over Somalia after the Black Hawk Down incident. Somalia is a failed state. There is no government or order. It is a feudal state run by war lords. I've been through the Straits around Singapore too, we always set a pirate watch. IMO the way to do it now, is how we did it 200 years ago. Go to the source and destroy their ability to put to sea. Sink everything bigger than a row boat. Trying to cover all of the ships at sea would be a huge man power requirement. Most of the ships are not US flagged, thus the useless UN would be involved. Time to take action and eliminate the threat. Rick;
I flew over Somalia after the Black Hawk Down incident. Somalia is a failed state. There is no government or order. It is a feudal state run by war lords. I’ve been through the Straits around Singapore too, we always set a pirate watch.

IMO the way to do it now, is how we did it 200 years ago. Go to the source and destroy their ability to put to sea. Sink everything bigger than a row boat. Trying to cover all of the ships at sea would be a huge man power requirement. Most of the ships are not US flagged, thus the useless UN would be involved. Time to take action and eliminate the threat.

]]> By: Rick http://project7alpha.com/2009/04/garuda-airlines-captain-sentenced/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Rick Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:45:41 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=391#comment-123 Chip, You're a Navy aviator. I would like to address this issue of the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. You can remove this post, and it's o.k. with me...but many years ago....in the early '80's I was deeply involved with the issue of piratism in the Singapore Straights. Singapore eliminated that problem with essentially what amounted to mercenary action. I absolutely realize we don't have the vessel assets to protect American flagged carriers. However..we DO have the manpower. We should be putting a Marine rifle team on any US flagged vessel going through that area. It's hard for me to believe nobody is putting this concept on the table. Your thoughts? Rick Chip,
You’re a Navy aviator. I would like to address this issue of the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. You can remove this post, and it’s o.k. with me…but many years ago….in the early ’80′s I was deeply involved with the issue of piratism in the Singapore Straights. Singapore eliminated that problem with essentially what amounted to mercenary action. I absolutely realize we don’t have the vessel assets to protect American flagged carriers. However..we DO have the manpower. We should be putting a Marine rifle team on any US flagged vessel going through that area. It’s hard for me to believe nobody is putting this concept on the table. Your thoughts?
Rick

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