Tag: "Piracy"

Secretary Gates Gets Weak and Timid on Piracy

| December 15, 2008 | Comments (0)

The first thing about this article that caught my eye was the dateline. I defy anyone who is between 35-50 years old to read that word and not immediately think of Sesame Street. The rest of the article is no bag of laughs, though. Secretary Gates’ admission is, I think, a real stunner. I know [...]

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When Somali Pirates Raised Their Ugly Heads, They Just Turned Their Tails and Fled…

| November 30, 2008 | Comments (3)

Note to the Brits and the rest of toothless Europe. You may call them “unarmed security staff” but the Somali pirates call them “potential hostages”. They might as well send in movie theater ushers. I wonder if the British feel any shame that they’ve been showing their bellies to a bunch of thugs armed with [...]

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