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I'm really glad Captain Philips came home in one piece! I consider that man a hero, and completely deserving of the movie-of-the-week honors he's about to have bestowed on him. Not many captains would have actually had the balls to trade him/herself for his crew.
Snipers end the Hostage Situation off the coast of Somalia
Dog Day Afternoon -- was just a matter of time.
And, of course, they're screaming for revenge. Uh, look here, guys -- you hijacked a ship, you took its cargo and crew purely for use as extortion material, and you picked a fight with the one military power on this planet that has the newest toys and best-trained troops. You were dead 5 days ago; most governments wouldn't have let you live that long.
Snipers end the Hostage Situation off the coast of Somalia
Dog Day Afternoon -- was just a matter of time.
And, of course, they're screaming for revenge. Uh, look here, guys -- you hijacked a ship, you took its cargo and crew purely for use as extortion material, and you picked a fight with the one military power on this planet that has the newest toys and best-trained troops. You were dead 5 days ago; most governments wouldn't have let you live that long.