He's Right, You Know

I thought this was all kinds of awesome. I love anyone who can't refer to St. Reagan without the ", the greatest president who ever lived," subclause. Once you get that, you know you're in for a ride.

Arm U.S. vessels against piracy

I thank God and the U.S. Navy that Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama, was rescued. The United States should have armed mercenaries on board any U.S. vessel designated as potential targets for pirates and arm them with weapons necessary to repel pirates before they can do any harm to our vessels.

But there will be sob-sisters like the ACLU who will be defending the rights of the pirates and stating we were using undue force to repel the pirates.

Also, there is Sen. John Kerry (who served in Vietnam, you know) who wants to hold Senate hearings on the pirate mess. What does he want to do, negotiate with the pirates? The worst thing we could do in this situation is to have the know-nothing Congress involved.

As Ronald Reagan, the greatest president in modern times, stated in part, “We will never negotiate with terrorists.” “But,” cry the whiners, “What if one of our own is killed?” Well, that may happen; it just may be the price we pay to put an end to all this piracy.

If other countries are unable to protect their own vessels, the United States must cease assuming the responsibility of policing the nations of the world.

If we must resort to predator drones bombing the sites harboring pirates when we are actively involved, so be it, and hang what the ACLU nations of the world say about us; they don’t respect us anyway, so why should we be concerned?

Dale R. Dickson

Eugene