taniwha said...

taniwha at 09:49 AM JST - 17th April

USNinJapan2

Thanks for your comment on my post. Two points you make I want to reply to.

'Official naval message traffic. Sorry but there's no internet link I can provide and I natuarlly can't cut and paste any of it here. You'll just have to accept the fact that I'm…

Posted in French seize pirate ship as threats mount on U.S. ships at 09:49 AM JST - 17th April
taniwha at 09:38 PM JST - 16th April

Facts are facts.

Today the US navy kills three teenage pirates in a boat, tomorrow, that strip of water is a far more dangerous place than it had been before Prez Obama steamed loaded with ammo and looking for a fight. Day after tomorrow, US forces invade Somalia. Day after…

Posted in French seize pirate ship as threats mount on U.S. ships at 09:38 PM JST - 16th April
taniwha at 09:19 PM JST - 16th April

USNinJapan2

'Did you know that one of the pirates had already previously given himself up and had been helping the Navy in negotiating with the four remaining pirates?'

No, I didn't no that. I understood he was aboard the ship to negotiate the safe release of his fellow pirates. If…

Posted in French seize pirate ship as threats mount on U.S. ships at 09:19 PM JST - 16th April
taniwha at 08:37 PM JST - 16th April

Better than a crap spin article from Christian Monitor go here for a reasonably broad history of Somalia. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0861179.html

Posted in Crew retakes U.S. ship from Somali pirates; captain still held at 08:37 PM JST - 16th April
taniwha at 07:51 PM JST - 16th April

'About the topic at hand. You backed away from our discussion the other day where you were defending the crimes of armed kidnappers prepared to kil hostages to get the ransoms they were demanding.'

Madverts

If you want we can take up right now where we left off. The only…

Posted in French seize pirate ship as threats mount on U.S. ships at 07:51 PM JST - 16th April
taniwha at 05:35 PM JST - 16th April

".The Bush regime was responsible for inciting hate towards the French, but as I said, that dark era is over. We now have an intelligent human being as opposed to a simpleton in the Whitehouse, and a pro-American president in the Elysee..."

What a load of over ripe verbiage about…

Posted in French seize pirate ship as threats mount on U.S. ships at 05:35 PM JST - 16th April
taniwha at 09:56 PM JST - 14th April

Let's look at the reaction of Prez Obama's administration and the pentagon to the first act of piracy by the Somalis on a US ship. They kill the pirates. This is followed up by a statement from the Prez; 'I want to be very clear that we are resolved to…

Posted in U.S. sea captain freed from pirates in swift firefight at 09:56 PM JST - 14th April
taniwha at 09:16 PM JST - 14th April

Madverts.

Let me paraphrase you then. Criminals should be summarily executed without trial, simply because they are criminals. Let's not forget although they wanted big buckaroos and kidnapped a captain, the only people injured or killed were themselves, they didn't get a dollar, and the captain was returned, stressed but…

Posted in Somali pirates vow retaliation after captain freed at 09:16 PM JST - 14th April
taniwha at 08:41 PM JST - 14th April

'No, in the old days they were followed inland and dealt with.' Reactionary and meaningless, but then so was my throw-a-way 'old days'. No, pirates were put on trial, maybe they were taken back to England for the even in leg irons, or maybe it was Jamaica, or somewhere else…

Posted in Somali pirates vow retaliation after captain freed at 08:41 PM JST - 14th April
taniwha at 07:47 PM JST - 14th April

I don't believe the fuss here. For as long as I can remember upon arriving in Japan, women friends were sharing rooms together just as a cheap, convenient, and doubtless comfortable source of accommodation when traveling in Japan. Usually love hotels back in the 1990's because they were cheaper by…

Posted in More women enjoying a night out alone at 07:47 PM JST - 14th April