Pirates

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Wow the Obama adm. is looking Cowboy-like
with this rescue. Heck the French even
killed a few pirates although they also had
a hostage die.

What is the world coming to when ransoms go unpaid...

Answer to the eyepatch question:

Apparently covering one eye allowed the pirates to
easily look below deck (dark down there) without having to wait for
the eye to adjust as long as the patch was on while in light.

I would have worn patches over both eyes
and stumbled overboard.

interesting.

i always assumed it had something to do with allergies and having a hook instead on a hand.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

interesting.

i always assumed it had something to do with allergies and having a hook instead on a hand.

[Riot]

Wow, go Navy! Good news.

Originally Posted by Riot

Wow, go Navy! Good news.

Without the full story in,
I still dont get how snipers can
hit a target where both boats are
constantly moving up and down and around
relative to each other.

[Riot]

Skill.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Without the full story in,
I still dont get how snipers can
hit a target where both boats are
constantly moving up and down and around
relative to each other.

practice, practice and more practice. besides, after a while the sailors don't really notice the up and down. now, put them on dry land after a few months at sea...that's a whole nother ball game!! and many can't sleep at first, nothing rocking them to sleep at night.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

practice, practice and more practice. besides, after a while the sailors don't really notice the up and down. now, put them on dry land after a few months at sea...that's a whole nother ball game!! and many can't sleep at first, nothing rocking them to sleep at night.

I was mistaken. No one was wounded. The fourth guy went aboard Navy ship and gave up. The other three were taken care of using only 3 bullets. So the SEAL Team was perfect after all. Apparantly Obama gave the OK so I give him some of the credit as well.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

I was mistaken. No one was wounded. The fourth guy went aboard Navy ship and gave up. The other three were taken care of using only 3 bullets. So the SEAL Team was perfect after all. Apparantly Obama gave the OK so I give him some of the credit as well.

Yeah, the 4th guy was seeking medical treatment for his hand and thats when he pretty much surrendered.

Originally Posted by pgardn

Without the full story in,
I still dont get how snipers can
hit a target where both boats are
constantly moving up and down and around
relative to each other.

Aha!

They towed the life boat and in the calm in back
of the destroyer (the fantail) took em out. If you have ever
been out on a boat in rough water you roll so much
in so many diff. directions... I just did not see how
it was possible to anticipate where a head would
be to blow it up. No one missed. It is a very random motion and
they had said the water turned very rough.
I just did not see how someone did not miss.
Now I get it.

Quite clever. The pirates gladly accepted
being towed thus sealing (no pun intended)
their fate. Incredible shooting nonetheless.

BTW

Bill Crystal of FOX... I thought he had
some common sense. He apparently does not.
Crystal said it would be easy to take the pirates
out on land via an air attack.

Charles Krauten (whatever) had to correct him.
Kraut (whatever) said the pirates were
already moving some hostages
to their hideouts in anticipation of this.

Crystal always sits in his seat smiling all smug
thinking all messes are so easy to rectify.

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

interesting.

i always assumed it had something to do with allergies and having a hook instead on a hand.

Cool.

The peg leg and tropical bird still remain
deep pirate mysteries. As does the
hook itself.

Loss of life and limb...

Still leaves the shoulder parrot unanswered.

I can take a subject and drive right off the
side of the road with it.