Arrrrr, Pirates.
So Somali Terrorists, oh sorry Pirates..Libby's like to make you think of Jack Sparrow, took over a US flagged ship. This is the first time this has occurred in over two hundred (200) years. In fact, this hasn't happened since Thomas Jefferson enacted the Marine Corps in 1801 to face pirates off Tripoli (oh, yeah..Islamic Fundamentalists..the US's first "global" conflict). It is also important to remember, Jefferson attempted to form a coalition of nations, France led the charge "not" to get involved. Makes you wonder why the terrorists felt they could attack a US flagged ship? Think about this there were over 100 hijacking by sea off the Somali coast in 2008 leading to over 80M in ransom paid, none of which was a US flagged vessel. Now, for the first time a US flagged ship was attacked and boarded. What is generally not being talked up is that the 20 US citizens on board fought off the pirates after hiding in the steering bay of the vessel. Once they cl...