Update - 4/21/09 - Now we learn that the Somali pirate that was not killed has been taken into US custody by the FBI [and has been brought to the US].
Just freaking great! Mark my word, this will set the stage for pirates now being treated as common criminals instead of as entities that thru their acts of attempted piracy are making war on the United States.
This then, in conjunction with the American Gitmo experience/precedent, will, within 50 years, result in all POW's being reclassified as "criminals" and their entry in to the civil justice system of the United States with all its protections.
This then, in turn, will result in a release of those that made war on the United States because they were not Mirandized on the battlefield or because we cannot prove our case that they were shooting at our people, etc.
There is a reason why the earlier nation-states took the stance they did on piracy. (That stance being that pirates are fair game to be killed on sight.) That reason was to eliminate these sorts of collateral "problems" if such a stance of "kill on sight" was not taken.
All of this new world order brought to you courtesy of those "touchy-feely" kumbaya folks that delude themselves into thinking that chicken comes from the grocery store, and in their minds can't, or won't, go to the place where chicken really comes from.
For those of you who care to think about things, there is another reason pirates are fair game. Hint: It has something to do with property.
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