American ship hijacked

Someone hurry and find out what nationality the pirates are from so Obama can hurry up and apologize to that country for the arrogance of Americans.America needs to stand up and throw that POS and the majority of congress out of office.

They apparently made the mistake of hijacking an American ship named "Alabama". The crew managed to retake the ship and now some of the pirates are "missing"...I am sure Obaomber will apologize to the Somalia government for the poor treatment of their citizens by the redneck Alabamaians....LOL

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by the redneck Alabamaians....LOL

Clinging to our guns and religion;Damm skippy.

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Originally posted by Backwoods:

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by the redneck Alabamaians....LOL

Clinging to our guns and religion;Damm skippy.

Best post ever !!!! Get the award here hurry , this is the best post by far .

AMEN!

God, guns, and rednecks.

I don't know what this has to do with Obama, but good for those crew members. These situations typically end with the pirates getting the ransom they ask for. Maybe knowing that some crews are willing to fight back will be a deterrent. There was an interesting article in Vanity Fair a couple of months ago about a French crew that was hijacked by Somali pirates. I'm not into French bashing, but their reaction was so typically French that it was comical. Here's the article: Link

For one thing, unlike Mr. Obomber, they did not go around kissing some foreigner's hiney, they took matters into their own hands and did what was necessary to save themselves. I don't imagine they will be apologizing to any of the "so called terrorists" for having to kick their azzes to take back their ship either.
The French response is typical of the rest of the world. they will sit and cower and not do anything, until someone else comes along to drag them out of danger. That is one great thing about this country, the PEOPLE that make it up, not the government, know when and how to take matters into their own hands and take care of themselves. Something Obomber could learn from. Let the people take care of themselves, they don't need the government.

I thought this was interesting:

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As merchant vessels we do not carry arms. We have ways to push back, but we do not carry arms."

I wonder how they were able to overpower them? I know they use water hoses to repel pirates before they board, but I don't know what they could do once they were onboard.

Don't believe everything you read either. If there were "no arms" on that ship, I am a Muslim cleric.....
No self respecting sailor, especially these union guys, would go work sailing around that part of the world day in and day out, without some form of arms on board. They may have been in the captain's quarters, but they had some method to defend themselves.

Cnn reporting the pirates are holding the American captain hostage. He is not on board the Alabama with his crew. A US ship is enroute to help the Alabama, but may still be 2-3 hours away. One CNN reporter has spoken with one crew member on the Alabama. They did have one pirate in custody, and released him in exchange for their Captain. But, the pirates did not return the favor. Our Captain is still being held by the pirates. CNN also showed a picture of the Captain. Pray for the Alabama's safe return with all crew members on board..