RL Snipers

[rowyn]

Sometimes truth has less moral ambiguity than fiction.

Very glad to hear that Captain Phillips was successfully rescued! President Obama has vowed to halt the rise of piracy in this region; I hope all his efforts are equally successful. It's depressing to read about the hostages from other countries still being held. :( [Expletive deleted] pirates.

Edit: The Wall Street Journal's coverage, with more details. Amazing stuff. Good call on the president's part.

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[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

And sometimes there's more moral ambiguity than you think.

Not that I don't think the pirates are nuts to be indignant that we shot them in response to an act of violence. I agree, that's pretty much zero moral ambiguity. "Hey, we only threatened your life!" is not a particularly compelling argument. :)

[rowyn]

No, that's about the level of moral ambiguity that I thought. :)