[Fred Douglass]

.......a) when they can't/won't board the pirates' (life)boat, b) when they have to talk to the freakin' FBI about what to do and c) when they can't devise a method whereby the "new" pirate vessels converging on the scene can't be given a "Stand Off" warning----enforced by the proverbial shot across the bows.

This reminds me of that scurrilous Johnson administration do-nothing reaction and cover-up of the attacks on the USS Liberty and the USS Pueblo. 'Bout time they recommissioned some ipe-like thugs for weapons officers-----even CO's! I think of one guy who fills the bill.....oooops wait, the only uny-form seems a little tight.......

Start the pre-fire check on that Bofors 40mm and make me a rum-and-coke, STAT!!!!

If something happens and the American skipper is harmed, successfully taken ashore or even killed, the President is not going to look too cool. Biden called it.

Chow,