>>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513238,00.html
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>>>>>"In the water....." - hopefully shark bait.
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>>>>Looks like the ante has been upped....
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>>>>1) The pirates now want ransom for the captain
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>>>>2) Their buddies are now on the way to rescue them carrying human shields (more hostages)
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>>>>3) Meanwhile, the captain tried to escape, jumped the lifeboat and made a swim for the warship, while the warship was asleep and didn't even try to rescue him. The pirates recaptured him.
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>>>>What a joke!!!
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>>>>What a mess this has turned into. Before those other pirates show up, I would rapidly bring this to an end. Surrender or die. We board in 5 minutes.
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>>>Easy to rattle sabers from a distance. What if you board in 5 minutes and they kill all the hostages? (Which would probably be what would happen). Would you still feel that nice macho rush?
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>>I'm saying, end it now, before it escalates. Plus, we are sending a dangerous message by dragging our feet. The pirates now are feeling emboldened, and think they can escape from the mighty US war machine.
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>The mighty U.S. war machine is of limited use against enemies who don't line up and fight like armies, as has been amply demonstrated in Iraq and Vietnam before that.
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>I'm not saying I have the answer, other than not believing it's a testosterone fueled show of force.

Well, I do hope this course of action being taken resolves itself quickly before other innocent hostages get hurt (the other pirates are supposedly on their way with other hostages to use as shields). Can you imagine THAT mess on your hands!

I don't want to see the Captain hurt, but this is not a good place for him to be at the moment.