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2010-05-02 Africa Horn

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Posted by trailing wife 2010-05-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Pirate paraphernalia? Like eye patches and parrots and stuff?

Posted by Secret Master 2010-05-02 01:12|| 2010-05-02 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Roaches.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-02 02:23|| 2010-05-02 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Surrender monkeys probably used a Q-ship ruse-de-guerre. Typical, should have used a MOAB on them.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-02 09:35|| 2010-05-02 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually the Nivose did it the old-fashioned way, Ship.

There's nothing wrong with the French military (below the rank of general, at least).

Posted by Steve White 2010-05-02 09:37|| 2010-05-02 09:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Many of the stories on Rantburg prove the mettle of the soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors of our NATO allies. Despite how their governments are, these men are brave, fight hard despite the fact they are often horribly equipped compared to our own troops and take their lumps without complain. Even the French.

My hat's off to them. Their governments can take a flying leap though.

Posted by Silentbrick 2010-05-02 12:50|| 2010-05-02 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Typical, should have used a MOAB on them.

Or the French could just read your collected-commentaries to them.

Thing is, who'd be suffering more - the pirates, or the French?

Posted by Pappy 2010-05-02 13:53|| 2010-05-02 13:53|| Front Page Top

#7 You know, if we authorized open whaling in the Indian Ocean, we might be able to see what a Japanese trawler could do to the integrity of some of these freebooter skiffs.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-05-02 14:57|| 2010-05-02 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Apparently, the pirates didn't have a lightsaber to use against the pirates: Le Lightsaber terrible!

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-05-02 17:01|| 2010-05-02 17:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Apparently, the pirates didn't have a lightsaber to use against the pirates

Why not use the same pointing devices against the pirates that all these folks seem to like to use against airplane pilots? It would screw them up big time if they used something industrial-strength. They couldn't even afford to look back at the ship they were attacking for fear they would be blinded or messed up!

Posted by gorb 2010-05-02 17:14|| 2010-05-02 17:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Use against the French, dang. I shouldn't post after midnight my time.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2010-05-02 17:36|| 2010-05-02 17:36|| Front Page Top

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