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Originally Posted by Azure
Yep.
A lot of people say that was the similarities between Vietnam and Iraq, at least till around the time of the surge.
Too many people back home trying to manage the war.
Thankfully, nothing went badly.
I noticed that the US took advantage of the situation by staging the rescue attempt during the time one of the pirates was on an American ship trying to negotiate.
Nothing like thinking you have the upper hand, because the US calls you to their ship to talk, and suddenly looking into the barrel of 30 guns telling you the captain has been rescued, and you're under arrest.
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Serves him right. I don't care what your circumstances at home are--when you're kidnapping people for ransom, you're not one of the good guys.