Isn't it a sad reflection on our collective prejudices (not to say bigotries) that we seem to assume that the underhand and maverick Russians, despite their statements in line with International Law and all evidence to the contrary, have bombed, dropped, sunk, drowned or shot those evil bastards out of the water?
We all know what we'd like them to have done, we'd all applaud them for hours had they done it, but isn't it sad that we Westerners (who are vastly the majority here) have so lost confidence in our own Navies' politically incorrect pansiness that we resort to hoping the Big Brutal Bear will do our wet work for us?
ps. message to Western Navies, as well as the Russians - bless-'em; shoot these scum, eradicate them, and root them out from their nests ashore too. History tells of many similar situations, none of which were ever solved by political spinelessness.
The only law Somalis recognise (and I've spent a bit of time amongst them) is Rule .303, and the more vigoriusly applied the more they heed it.
Make it Rule 40mm and it will be all the more understood, but the only way to stop this cancer on the seas is to do the traditional thing and land troops to destroy the nests of these vipers. Until we gain the confidence to do this innocent sailors will die, companies and insurers will be robbed (and in so doing finance more of this abomination).
So please Russia, if the wimpy West won't do it, will you?
Last edited by Agaricus bisporus; 13th May 2010 at 19:23.