RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . .

The Somalis stopping ships in their territorial waters do not call themselves pirates. They called themselves a coastal defense force and they were targeting ships engaged in dumping toxic waste in their waters. Since these waters contain the food supply Somalia depends on, they rightly saw these intrusions as a direct threat to their survival.

They would capture the offending ships and demand a fine be paid. The world media calls them "pirates" and the fines, "ransom", so the US sent in warships to make the kill.

The small Somali launch ran out of fuel and they were trying to surrender, but the US has to always look butch to the rest of the world and so shot the Somalis like fish in a barrel. Such is Hollywood and the mass media's spin on another "heroic" act by the empire.

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Topic - 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . . - Billy Wonka 14:37:27 10/11/13 (17)

RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . . - Jon E. Busey 11:32:44 10/13/13 (1)

Know a guy who worked a rig off Nigeria . . . - Billy Wonka 13:19:58 10/13/13 (0)

there is a lawsuit going on because the real Phillips went too close to the Somali coastline - PhilJ 05:35:29 10/12/13 (4)

Who is getting sued? And Suing?nt - oldmkvi 07:34:42 10/13/13 (1)

from Bloomberg Businessweek: - PhilJ 08:55:52 10/13/13 (0)

That is a sticky wicket for the screen writer . . - Billy Wonka 17:03:08 10/12/13 (1)

part of the reason I do not always like movies based on a true story is I wonder about these things - PhilJ 18:21:56 10/12/13 (0)

RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . . - cdb 05:30:20 10/12/13 (3)

I don't have a problem with any of that. - Prisoners 13:51:23 10/12/13 (2)

RE: I don't have a problem with any of that. - cdb 14:31:14 10/12/13 (1)

Agreed. - Prisoners 14:54:24 10/12/13 (0)

The boy went today and reported back to me. He liked it, said it was tense and highly claustrophobic^ - Road Warrior 20:02:57 10/11/13 (5)

Looking for tense and claustrophobic? - Jazz Inmate 20:38:03 10/11/13 (4)

Saw it. nt - Billy Wonka 20:18:38 10/12/13 (0)

Indeed. I saw 'Lebanon' in theater release years ago and just bought... - jeffreybehr 15:40:58 10/12/13 (2)

RE: Indeed. I saw 'Lebanon' in theater release years ago and just bought... - Jazz Inmate 16:53:17 10/12/13 (1)

Watched Kippur last night . . . - Billy Wonka 17:21:06 10/14/13 (0)

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RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . . - Jon E. Busey 11:32:44 10/13/13 (1)

Know a guy who worked a rig off Nigeria . . . - Billy Wonka 13:19:58 10/13/13 (0)

RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . .

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