Paying the ransom is out of the question. That will only encourage this type of behavior. The last thing we should be doing is giving these pirates what they want.
And why is this still an issue anyway? Why isnt there a snipper on the deck of one of the Navy ships out there picking these bastards off?
Snippers are only good for small gauge metal cutting. Assuming you mean sniper.
1)The lifeboat is a covered craft. Designed to protect people who have abandoned ship from heavy seas and sun. Here's a little look see.
More pirates searching for lifeboat, official says - CNN.com
Can't get a clear shot/
2) Firing with any accuracy from the deck of a narrow beam ship, like a navy frigate /destroyer, that is on the open ocean is extremely difficult. Even expert "snippers" would miss with most shots, and the hostage would likely die.
There are other possible ways to overwhelm the pirates.
Like, wait a little longer until they are so sick of bobbing on the ocean in that very very uncomfortable, extremely overheated enclosed craft, eating lifeboat rations which are about the worst food imaginable, and tasting those metallicy blicky stagnant freshwater rations, smelling their own vomit and feces as they slosh around in that airtight violently bouncing litel vessel,
sweaty, hungry, sore all over, thirsty, seasick, very hot and stuffy, stressed out, and exhausted.
Being in custody aboard that US Navy destroyer will seem like a pretty darn good alternative, soon.
Time and deteriorating conditions inside the fortress are a besieger's (and hostage negotitator's) best weapons.
This current event has one very interesting outcome: It has allowed people to display their ability to form and share opinions that are based upon a serious lack of facts and thoughtful comprehension.
This ignorant blabbing is even more remarkable given that an enormous amount of information has been provided by many media sources on this event and on the topic of Somali pirates in general.
Information and facts are everywhere.
Yet ---- people choose to talk on and on, without putting even a minimal effort into gatherring factual information, that is easily and readily available.
I'm not picking on you; yours was a simple question. I am talking about the rampant ignorant opinionating and the unworkable, valueless unfounded suggestions, and the anxious spear rattling by belligerent armchair experts that have been posting about this particular event and situation.
Some people have revealed their total lack of ability to use facts to form opinions or to create suggestions. Their postings have revealed the extent of their mental capabilities, very very clearly.
