The Somali pirate story bumped us off tonight’s Nightline show, and no other date has been determined.
It happened like this with the L.A. Times story too, and was drawn out for weeks. Rather than do the start-stop thing with you, I’ll just post a link to it once it’s done.
I’d put my ice cream truck drivers up against those pirates any day!
the pirates are old and busted. JtR is the new hotness. what are these people thinking?
Who wants pirates, when you can get REO pron? No contest in my book.
Credit where credit due to the seals and the civilian leadership for whacking the pirates.
Absolutely.
“Members of the Navy Seals were flown to the area. They parachuted into the sea with inflatable boats and were picked up by the Bainbridge.”
“The New York Times quoted senior Navy officials as saying that two of the pirates poked their heads out of a rear hatch of the lifeboat, exposing themselves to clear shots, and the third could be seen through a window in the bow, pointing an AK-47 rifle at the tied-up captain.”
“Each sniper took a target and fired one shot from between 25 and 30 metres away.”
“Nightline” headed downhill 20 years ago, when Peter Hong left the staff in 1989. His main job was to make tea for Ted Koppel. The guy who replaced him was no good, prompting Koppel to leave the show soon after, declaring “I can’t drink this swill.” Now they are returning to glory, again on the work of Hong.
Your modesty always impressed me Mr. Hong 🙂