Frontier Justice, Russian Style May 11, 2010
Posted by geoff in News.trackback
Russian Commandos Praying for the Somali Pirates' Safe Voyage
Somebody has to teach the Russians the old standby excuses:
“Shot while trying to escape!”
“They fell on each other’s knives!”
“Worst case of suicide we ever saw!”
…because they’re going to get themselves in a world of trouble if they can’t come up with better stories than this:
Following high level complaints about “imperfections” in international law, Russia announced Tuesday that captured Somali pirates “have all died.”
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The official told Russian news agencies the pirates’ boat disappeared from Russian radar about an hour after their release.“They could not reach the coast and, apparently, have all died,” the official said.
Just one of those unsolved mysteries. Yessirree, a real puzzler.
Update: Gateway Pundit has more.
*Little known fact: if you search for “Russian Commando Image” on Google Images, the first hit is this (BSFW, where B=barely).
“they drank the kool-aid”
There’s an old Russian saying geoff: “Sometimes pirates just die.”
I fixed the BSFW link, BTW. I think the site I originally linked to didn’t like the hotlink. So now it’s hosted safely on this site.
Damn! Are you sure she’s not a Scandi?
I lurves me some Scandi, and Ace won’t permit that over there…
If they Die, they Die.
Apparently Somali pirate makes excellent chum.
In Soviet Russia, bra unstraps YOU.
Gotta say, the Russians are doing it right.
The whole catch-and-release program with Somali pirates is insane.
They are not trout. They threaten vital shipping lanes, and should be killed on sight. No mercy, no trial.
You’ve probably already seen it, but I though this short article about Somali piracy was interesting.
What a sad and sick place Somalia is.
Russian commando image: Man the torpedoes!
I’ve though that after our Navy SEALs rescued the hostage American captain from Somali Pirates in April (by shooting them), Obama should have ordered the Navy to scuttle their boat.
That not only prevents repeat use of the boat for piracy, but also acts as a further disincentive to the ones equipping the pirates.
Can we contract this Navy work out to the Russians? They seem to remember how it’s supposed to be done. Kill them all and scuttle the boat. Anything less than that is not serious and a waste of money.
““they drank the kool-aid””
The kool-aid just so happened to be ocean-flavored.
“As God is my witness, I thought pirates could swim.”
In Soviet Russia, WATER BOARDS YOU!
I think we should have a catch and release policy. We should also make sure they have a couple nutricious meals. To make sure they don’t loose the food attach it to them with battle ship chain.
Thier boat? Oh no! We have to keep that it’s a saftey hazard.
[...] Frontier Justice, Russian Style Somebody has to teach the Russians the old standby excuses: “Shot while trying to escape!” “They fell [...] [...]
“Hey eff em if they can’t take a joke.”
“Nuke em till they glow.”
“We put rocks in their life jackets.
Then they got their rocks off
…the boat.”
During the Iran – Iraq war the Kuwaitis reflagged some of their ships with the United States so that the US Navy would provide protection from the Iranians who would come out in rubber boats and shoot RPGs at them. When some oil company official complained that they should also be protecting American owned ships, a Navy officer made my day by telling them that they should ask for protection by the Liberian navy.
Most ships are not registered in the US because complying with US law is very expensive. Russia, however, could use ship registration as a new stream of revenue. Ships sailing in that part of the world could register with Russia, pay the fees and feed the Russian soldiers, sailors or marines on board. This would allow the Russians to keep their military fed and provide them with target practice.