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Sorry guys (and Ron) if I contributed to the closure of the other thread. The snipers did good. 75 feet isn't a long shot for any good rifleman, but it couldn't have been an easy shoot given the relative up-down movement of the two boats, the configuration of the lifeboat (small windows) and the proximity of the targets to each other and the hostage.

Now the pirates are calling for revenge and talking about retaliation. Let's hope that the fight is taken to them and the good guys are not kept on the defensive. As for the one pirate who survived, he should be used as a military asset to garner intel about the situation and heirarchy on the ground in preparation for the offensive.

I'm all for compassion, solving root causes/contributing factors, and helping others to help themselves; but criminal aggression cannot be tolerated and must not be without serious consequence. Time for some house cleaning and maybe for the military, a psychological payback for their comrades who fell in Mogadishu.