Popping the Pirate Party
For all the hoopla over Indian navy’s new role as savior of the needy and helpless, take this.
The Navy’s decision to destroy a pirate mother ship is now being questioned by a Thai national who says the ship sunk last Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden actually belonged to him. [link]
Fourteen sailors are still missing from a Thai trawler that was sunk last week by the Indian navy as a suspected pirate ship, the vessel’s owner said Tuesday.[link]
Apparently, the victim was not the mother of pirate ships as so prominently claimed and acclaimed in the media. It was just another poor ship being attacked by those mean SOBs. The pirates were on the ship, but it wasn’t theirs!
No wonder they fired at INS Tabar, which happily shot them down.
Our hearts go out to our poor sailors who must be tired of years of peace inaction. They get one shot at fame and some shooting, and the party comes to an end a couple days later.
Thank god for small mercies. They could have mistaken an oil tanker for a pirate ship.
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
You may be on your own “Pirate Ship”, or somebody else’s Fishing Boat, or on a canoe, but you DON’T fire on a Navy Ship! You DON’T cross it’s bows, you DON’T point your guns towards it. Simple!!!
November 26th, 2008 at 3:44 am
As Prateek stated above-YOU DONT FIRE ON A NAVY SHIP. You immediately STOP and wait to be boarded! THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!! James Hollen
November 26th, 2008 at 7:49 am
INS Tabar could not be expected to show gandhigiri when attacked. It fired in self defence and that was the only logical thing to do.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I agree with Prerna. It doesnt matter whoowns the ship..what matters is what use its being put to.
November 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Pratik, James, Prerna and Reema: Agreed that they were provoked into attacking. But is this supposed to be the result of a hostage situation?
Imagine a plane is taken hostage, and the terrorists fire at a police jeep standing nearby. Is this sufficient grounds for blowing up the entire plane, killing innocent people with it?
The navy is there to protect ships, not blow them up because a pirate attack is on.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
amreekandesi, All imagination in the direction you are imagining changed after the US War on Terror stance, and the support of the rest of the world, in allowing them to move on with the War on Terror (please pay attention, I am not talking of the Iraq war!). It is most simplistic to assume that if you are captive in a hijacked aircraft, and the aircraft is being used as a terrorist “pad” or weapon, a Government today, will not attack it. The world changed, while you were in your stupor – today most Governments – yes, even India’s too – will blast that aircraft in the above example. Please use the same reasoning for this “pirate mother vessel” situation. And to your comment on the Navy being there to protect ships? Which ships? Not “every ship” that floats, but the Indian Merchant Marine fleet carrying cargo to India!! Hope you understand that. “Colatteral Damage.”
Thanks, and Have a Nice Day.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I am not sure what happened there, but I heard versions that the ship was attacked first and retaliated. Don’t know if that is true…
November 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am
You may never know what is true on the High Seas. That is why you listen to instructions from the Navy! Unless you have a bigger Naval ship!
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