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Excuse Me, Mr. Lawyer. Can We Kill Some Pirates Now?

Jimmie | April 13, 2009 | Comments (3)

The good news is that President Obama finally authorized the military to kill the pirates who had held an American citizen hostage for five. The bad news is that President Obama couldn’t give the authorization until he had cleared it with a few government lawyers, which is why it took five days. Obama’s involvement in [...]

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

Jimmie | 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 [...]