A step in the right direction?

(The title of this post is a link to the story, fyi)

I must return to work in a few hours so I will let you read for yourself.

I like this:

"Some Pentagon officials now want to formulate policy to encourage more daring commando raids, according to U.S. military officials. They say a mix of special operations forces and conventional Navy assets at sea would be able to pinpoint pirate gangs on land and attack them once they move into water."

And this (except for the fact that the US of A is not listed, hopefully they just forgot):

"All nations seem to agree that it is appropriate to fire on pirate vessels to prevent them from hijacking merchant ships. Canada, Germany, the U.K., China and others have fired lethal weapons at Gulf of Aden pirates to stop them from boarding ships."


I don't like this:

"Many U.S. military officials say that in the case of a high-seas hostage standoff, time is on the navies' side, because they can wear down the will of pirates, who aren't usually driven by ideology -- and have limited resources."

No need to wear them down boys. You are very expensive.

Kill them. Please. Kill them quickly and move on to another group.

Hell send in your trainees. It'll give them some much needed self confidence and experience.