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I've been wondering, though, why the Navy didn't open fire when Capt. Phillips jumped into the sea from the lifeboat, a couple of days ago. It also happened at night, but at that point, he was out of the line of fire, and the pirates were sitting ducks. And that must be what he was expecting when he jumped
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I can only guess, but I figure the Navy was not yet ready for such an action. I also think that the Cap't jumped overboard, thinking that if the Somali's shoot him, they are also as good as dead. Sort of a "Somali Standoff". I can understand his change of heart after the Somalis fired into the water, though. Then there is the problem of sanctioning action through the proper channels. No telling how many briefings and how far up they went before the Navy got the OK to act.
It's a good thing Perry, Campbell and Mikelson weren't the trigger men.
Birddog