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Terror for 1,200 Britons as Somali pirates with rocket launchers attack cruise ship
2009-03-05
Posted by:tipper

#6  I wonder if the NRA or Soldier of Fortune magazine would sponsor a 'cruise' in the area. The cruise director's schedule probably wouldn't involve shuffle board or canasta.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-03-05 16:11  

#5  Don't dismiss the idea Steve. The value of scrap shrapnel is surely to raise Detroit real estate prices.
Posted by: ed   2009-03-05 11:17  

#4  I was going to say that if 'militants' in Windsor were shelling Detroit, we would have tanks in Canada before you could say "square nickel". But then it occurred to me that the Detroit suburbs would most likely join in on the Canadian side, so never mind.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-03-05 11:09  

#3  Yup, westerners would put up with a whole lot less of this nonsense if it happened to them and theirs on a regular basis.

I dunno. I'd like to offer the counterexample of Sderot, which has been under rocket attack for eight years or so with no attempted deployment of anything resembling the "Centurion" system we put together in Iraq in sight. Lots of studies, but no actual putting-the-hardware-out-there and turning it on.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-03-05 10:02  

#2  Yup, westerners would put up with a whole lot less of this nonsense if it happened to them and theirs on a regular basis.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-03-05 09:50  

#1  Welcome to Sderot.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-03-05 08:08  

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