"You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way!"
Maybe some of that Windy City rough and tumble will pay off for us, afterall.
President Barack Obama issued a standing order to use force against pirates holding an American captain hostage — including giving a Navy commander the authority to act if he believed the captain’s life was in danger, two senior defense officials said Sunday night.
Navy snipers aboard the USS Bainbridge on Sunday shot and killed three of the pirates after the Bainbridge’s commander gave the order, when a pirate was spotted aboard the lifeboat pointing an AK-47 rifle at Capt. Richard Phillips, one defense official said.
“The clear belief by the captain of the ship was that he was in imminent danger,” this official said.
Three shots, three bullets, three dead pirates.
Good on the CinC, the Navy, the SEALS and especially Capt. Richard Phillips and the crew of the MAERSK ALABAMA.
As far as a positive outcome and sending a message, we don’t see how this could have turned out any better.
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