We often glamourize the pirate lifestyle, making heroes of those pirates of yester-year. Without going into the legal vs. illegal aspects of privateers and pirates, I have come across some video that you might find, eh, rather interesting. The modern day Somalia pirates have been a problem for vessels, large and small, for quite a few years. It seems that all of the modern technology has not been able to handle the problem, mostly due to political correctness.
Until now.
Seems those bad dudes, with their Russian AK-47's and other small arms, ticked off Russia . They took over a Russian vessel. Much to their surprise, Russian commandoes responded. And, enforcing the laws, or lack of, on the high seas, the commandoes proceeded to secure the pirate "ship", and secured the pirates to their vessel.
In this video, which is obviously shot by the commandoes to document their work, you'll see the pirate ship join Davey Jones in his locker.
Virtually all of the audio is Russian. If you don't speak-a the language, I think the pictures can be considered Lima Charlie. That's Loud and Clear. There is one point where a pirate, in English, proclaims that their boat is a fishing boat. Judge for yourself. The AK's, I would venture, are to protect them from sharks. Yeah, right.
I would bet that the word is making the rounds of the Somalia barbary coast watering holes: let's not target any more Russian boats. Those guys don't understand political butt-kissing like Americans.
Yes, I know. Our Seal Team did an outstanding job when they eliminated several pirates. But, this was done after so much Washington-interference that it was pretty much a joke. I'm not necessarily an admirerer of Russian ways, but High Seas Justice could being a quick end to the piracy that is running unchecked off Somalia.
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