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The facts made global headlines back in 2009. Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, found the commercial ship boarded by Somali pirates, who held him for ransom on a lifeboat for five days until the Navy SEALs came to the rescue.

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Comment by Don Duncan
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This movie explains why the ill-equiped pirates are a threat to the much bigger ships. The victims have been Legally disarmed. But not to worry because when the pirates are minutes away, the U.S. military will arrive in a few hours or days, and then sit around and try to talk the pirates to death. But if the kidnap victim frees himself in their presence, giving them an opening to be heros, they are paralyzed and unresponsive. They sit and watch the escapee be recaptured and beaten. I'm sure this must have been very agonizing for the SEALs. It was for me. And this hierarchal system is supposed to protect us? I want my tax money back. Oh wait, no protection and no refunds. Why do people defend the U.S. empire? Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/captain-phillips-20131011#ixzz2hTCBQzNt Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

 

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