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2012-06-15 Africa Horn

Dutch parliament: more troops fighting Somali pirates

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Posted by Fred 2012-06-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Pirates

#1 You know, as a live-fire FTX, fighting pirates ain't too bad. Least you'll know who freaks out and who keeps his head. Move them around accordingly.
I gather Rumsfeld encouraged NATO to send their specops guys to Astan for the experience of it.
So, all in all, maybe NATO is getting just a touch of experience.

Posted by raubrey@sbcglobal.net 2012-06-15 09:07|| 2012-06-15 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm all for attaking pirates and think every nation should send a boat or two for live fire practice but realistically we're gonna need to smash some stuff along the shore to really end the pirates.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-06-15 10:18|| 2012-06-15 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 rj. Yeah, but then who are you going to get to play Opfor?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2012-06-15 12:00|| 2012-06-15 12:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The world is full of volunteers. If all else fails we could let Pakistan or Saudi Arabia take on the roll.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-06-15 14:36|| 2012-06-15 14:36|| Front Page Top

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