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5/14/2021 4:02 pm  #1


We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

We have the power, no question about that, but where do we get the authority to interfere with international commerce on the high seas?


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5/15/2021 3:06 am  #2


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

Might is right?


Living life on the edge.
 

5/15/2021 9:42 am  #3


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

The dhow (on the left) must be like a Tardis.

Ain't no way all the hardware on-deck (on the right) was stored on-board that rinky-dink.

As for the authority: it's a cockeye'd world. No one -- not us, not any of them -- has any authority to do any of the stuff any of us (more accurately: TPTB)  do regularly.

Mebbe you can vote harder and get it all to stop.

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Might is right?

No, it's just might.

 

5/15/2021 12:09 pm  #4


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

"vote harder"
Now that's a concept.

 

5/16/2021 12:03 pm  #5


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

Dhow: "...ranges from 50 to 120 feet (15–35 m) in length, 15 to 30 (5–9 m) feet in width, and up to 400 tons (363 metric tons) displacement.


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5/16/2021 1:51 pm  #6


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Dhow: "...ranges from 50 to 120 feet (15–35 m) in length, 15 to 30 (5–9 m) feet in width, and up to 400 tons (363 metric tons) displacement.

The rinky-dink in question: gauge its size.

Also: in numerous news stories, the dhow is referred to as 'a small wooden boat'.

Again: all that hardware wasn't on that rinky-dink.

So: who's lyin' and why are they lyin'?

Last edited by henry_quirk (5/16/2021 1:53 pm)

 

5/17/2021 11:12 am  #7


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

Small wooden boat compared to what, the Evergiven?
How many of the news story writers saw the boat? I'd guess zero.
36 hours to unload...


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5/17/2021 11:33 am  #8


Re: We Got the Power... Who Do... We Do

Wiki says the Monterey is 567 feet long.

In the pic in post #1 you can see (what looks like) the helo deck at the top of the pic.  That would put the superstructure, immediately behind the photgrapher.

That would make the area where the confiscated weaponry is displayed fairly small.  It definitely is not 120 feet in length.  And the Monterey has a beam of 55 feet.

The displayed weapons could easily fit on the dhow in the pic.  And we haven't even taken into consideration the depth of the dhow's hold.

ETA:  Looks like your standard-issue Blackhawk chopper above the dhow.  The Blackhawk is ~65 feet long, and it doesn't appear to be quite as long as the dhow.

Last edited by Gravdigr (5/17/2021 11:37 am)

 

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