Brit Reacts to Pirates ATTACK The WRONG US Navy Ship and Then THIS HAPPENED... 

Really though it was to defend from British attack.

@brandonzaffke788 nice way to embarrass yourself. You're absolutely embarrassingly wrong. Go put your head back in the sand.

That was the coast guard

@@brandonzaffke788 It was. The continental Navy was formed in 1775 or something but was disbanded after the war. The navy that we know today was formed in 1789 I think after the Dept. Of the Navy was made

US Naval Act of 1793 established/written by George Washington. Very 1st paragraph it states the reason for building a Navy - “to combat Algerian corsares” (aka pirates). Fat Electrician has.a great video on it called ‘The Barbary Wars’

Yep. Navy SEALs are not people to mess with.

Yeah, in reality the SEALs proved they can make half mile headshots in the dead of night on choppy seas. Seriously, a Navy SEAL with night vision enhanced scope and gyro-stabilized rifle, is probably the scariest non-laser guided thing the US could send after you.

i've actually seen it, such a good movie!!

Some of us do… I’m from America

ABSOLUTELY NOT US Foreign Aid to Somalia In total, the U.S. contributed $1.3 billion in 2022 alone. THEY GET SUNK AND THE AID ENDS PERIOD

I was about to mention the movie. The snipers made incredible shots.

@@saltynikita5095The life boat wasn’t as far from the back of the destroyer as the movie made it out to be, but still…3 simultaneous sniper shots from one moving vessel to another moving vessel…why does anyone want to fuck with the US navy again? Just put one of those guys within 2 miles of Kim Jong Un, and that guy is worm food.

you can fix stupid. the cure comes in many different calibers. which the pirates find out

Exactly

To be specific the charter for the creation of the US Navy, says that the sole purpose for its creation was to combat, "Barbary corsairs" (state sponsored pirates) with the Barbary nations being Morocco, Tripoli, Tunis and Algiers. Morocco signed a peace treaty immediately, but we conducted two separate expeditions to "yank their fangs" of the other three. During the first expedition a small contingent of Marines (8 if memory serves) allied with 500 locals opposed to the current Pasha and a group of Greek mercenaries took a fort against impossible odds. Their fierceness got the leader of the local insurgents to gift the Marine Commander of the force with his own sword,( The Mamaluke sword Marine officers have as part of their dress uniform to this day) and earned the Marines the nickname leatherneck because of the high leather collars they wore to protect their necks from sword slashes. The whole thing was immortalized by the line "To the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Corps Hymn.

I saw a video on this by The Fat Electrician. The dude is really funny and tells great stories

The barbary wars also put an end to the white slave trade.

We've been fighting Muslim pirates before the founding of this country. Actual war was declared in 1801.

@@darkamora5123 And they put Marines on those ships to help. "from the shores of Tripoli"

Or they would just stop🤷🏾‍♂️

They would stop if we didn't.

​@@USMC6976please clarify. I think you meant they would stop if we stopped our non lethal policies??? If so I agree

@@brettmuir5679 yes, if they get blown out of the water and know the game is for keeps, they will stop. They are getting away with the criminal behavior, they get rewarded because ransoms are paid. If they find out that consequences are more likely death then slap on the hands, they will stop.

​@@USMC6976 Some maybe. It would probably slow down some, at least. Some of the really don't have much of a choice. Companies have built factories and mines which destroy their water. Bad water kills their method of survival. They can't just move. It would probably cause a war with other villages/ tribes. Who also need their water, and aren't about to share.

Ppl dont realize that the whole world has long since seen Somalia as a political & diplomatic sh*tstorm best left to sort itself, if it's ever going to which frankly seems unlikely. Yes, there are good ppl there same as anywhere else but the level of corruption and warlording makes it a bit like the Wild West. Many of the pirates were taught guerrilla style warfare as young as walking age. There's not much room for any nation to wiggle around their waters and the pirates are well known for being maverick wild cards but you have to also understand death likely awaits them ashore every bit as much as at sea...so they come with a rather devil may care set of brass ones whether lacking intelligence or not and though seemingly crazy some of their plans have actually on occasion been quite clever. Most are simply trying to buy off the warlords with acts of piracy (as a show of loyalty or allegiance) for protection & feeding of their families. Young Somali men are often seen as easily expendable and their fate expected. Bc the waters near Somalia are on heavily traded shipping lanes there's no end to opportunity for seizing ships of all kinds. Whether cargo or naval frigates. There's a huge black market for both goods & weaponry. You look at the g*ns they carry & they are from every nation and I guarantee not gotten thru legal means. So...when one has little to nothing to lose...a naval ship or a cargo or etc makes no difference as long as they can capture it and they are successful enough to be taken seriously. The basic rules of engagement recognized by most nations to keep things peaceful states one must not engage an enemy with lethal force being the absolute last resort. So, the naval/maritime community as a whole aims not to kill. Partly to keep the actual peace and partly to keep up appearances of being the more dignified of the combatants whilst still keeping the commerce going via operational shipping lanes. This was explained to me by a Somali friend who came here (US) as a refugee with his mother & sister. His dad died a pirate. He told me had they not came here they would have all died of starvation or been m*rdered by one of the warring factions. He's a college graduate now and going for his M.D. He wouldve NEVER had that chance there. He had to go through he'll to get this lucky...so many can't get out or even hope to dream of not just surviving but thriving. My town has a small pocket of Somali refugees and they are wonderful warm ppl but none would go back home if they had a choice. Too much trauma for too many years. You hear their different stories and feel the passion & sadness within them it's easy to understand that despite our (US) many problems...it is nothing compared to what they've known. Not one of those in the pocket I know have not flourished since they arrived. Many friend's mother recently got her official citizenship and there is no happier new American I"ve known. She knows what it means to be here far better than most of us natural born. Her smile was bright as the sun that day and I & her family were over the moon for her. She will always be Somali but she's also very proud to be one of us now. When you see what America means to someone else in that way... There's no better attutude adjustment. We should be grateful every day for simply happening to be born where we have bc so many have not. We are the lucky ones whether any rhyme or reason to it.

Nah we were gifted these things through privilege. No one worked for anything ever and we should be forced to share it with everyone who wants it. [Obvious sarcasm]

Ok we got the best navy by far

Coup, dear. Counting coup. From the Greek "kolaphos" .

I'm pretty sure "counting coup" is just the English version. What the First People actually called it is unknown. Due to the many different Indigenous languages, no doubt.

You are correct, though, in that it is about 'honor' but also bravery. ❤

@AncientActivist actually it isn't. The Lakȟóta (Lakota, or Great Sioux Nation in English) called the act Tȟóka Kté. And the word in the Lakȟóta language for a coup stick is Čhaŋwápaha. Why would you think we wouldn't know how Plains Indian Nations with surviving members and languages (that have at least been transliterated so even if they die off there is a written record of the vocabulary and pronunciation. Even if it had no original written version.) referred to the act? It's not like the languages are ancient Egyptian before we found The Rosetta Stone. While I only know the Lakȟóta words, there are multiple Nations with members that speak their own language. While this wasn't a tradition for ALL of them, those that had the tradition and still have living members can likely tell you the term (or at least a transliteration) in their language. While some Nations have no surviving members, and thus have no way for us to know THEIR term, treating every one of us like an undifferentiated mass of people is just weird. Like saying we don't know the European word for anything. As there is no generic "European" language. Likewise there is no such thing as a First Nation language. Even less so as there is no First Nation and there IS a Europe. I find it ironic that you are so careful to use the term First People but then go what feels condescending by saying "no one knows what they called it" when we can speak for ourselves and tell you. Considering it was only really a tradition amongst the Plains Indians there really aren't that many languages to find the term for the practice. The languages are so alive that the Ojibwe Tribal Council(in league with the University of Manitoba) have translated and created an Ojibwe dubbed version of Star Wars Episode IV. Also, while the term Indian is a misnomer on the part of Europeans, terms like Native American, Indigenous People, or People of the First Nation are no less misnomer as they are just English descriptions of nations that have their own names in their own languages. With groups in the US like AIM (a Native activist group that has chosen to call itself the American Indian Movement, and keeps that name to this day) you can tell that the term Indian doesn't carry the same pejorative and racist connotations for us, that "eskimo" (blubber eater) does for the Inuit. In other words, only Europeans get worked up by the term Indian. For those of us with the ancestry it is no more offensive than any of the other made up English words for us. Really of them all, Sioux is the only one that was ever offensive as it was an insult from other, surrounding, Nations for how they perceived our behavior (specifically the Ojibwe, remember them? The full term in their language, Nadowessioux, meant "little snakes". They considered us untrustworthy hence the pejorative). Use what makes you comfortable, but as long as you don't call us "Injuns" or "Red skinned savages" you won't offend.

The song is the Marine Hymn. It details many of the US Marine Corps accomplishment. As an aside for people outside the US, The US Marine Corps is a component of the US Navy and not technically it's own military branch of service. Just don't tell a Marine that. LOL For real, I was honored and proud to be call Doc by so many of you. Semper Fidelis.

@@NeuroPedsDad DOC!

I'm sorry but that was funny😂

😂🤣 that's not a bad idea

It’s sad but when they catch them, they board the pirates boat take their weapons and then they give them food ( Good Food),then send them on their way. They are laughing at us.

That’s it !! You win 🥇🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s called Captain Phillips

^lol

I just watched it a few days ago! It's called Captain Phillips. And yeah..Tom Hanks is an amazing actor!!✌🐢

"Captain Phillips"

Mofo missed his moonshot, got taken prisoner by Somali pirates, then landed a big ole jet airliner on the Hudson. Don’t even get me started on Bubba shrimping.

There’s something holding us back and I’m not sure what it is. A couple days ago, the Houthi in Yemen fired on one of our navy ships, the USS Carney over there. Our response…crickets. I figured the location that fired the missile would have been eliminated at the very least, but nope…not a damn thing.

@@stevewhiting556Biden Administration weakness….

Very informative - thank you

That is a neat story. Thanks fir sharing.

Wow, thank your husband for his service.

Eeeeeeeeeehhhhhh, I might know your husband. I know that sounds really bad, but I was active duty around the same time and the same place lol. He's my shipmate! Let me know if he cringes lmao.

Fish food.

That’s exactly the reason why you’re not in charge thank God! You don’t see the consequences.

@@halolover3167 You're very unfamiliar with history related to the militarism of the world. Consider what's going on in Israel and so-called palestine (that Biden paid for). Before the America and Israel-hating U.N. got involved, was were won by the number of people killed. When we fought Germany, we weren't targeting the small businesses and/or families that were making schnitzel. And the same with Japan. As far as my first comment, if they use guns, we use guns, not knives. Get the picture?

@@JohnWarner-lu8rq There are a number of reasons we want to use force as a last resort against pirates, and the reasons often depend on the nature of each particular scenario, but here are some of the more important ones. First, using guns indiscriminately in waters near other nations can lead to diplomatic issues. Governments in the region might not be keen on having the world's strongest military right off their coast firing their guns willy nilly, even if it is ostensibly fighting piracy. The US wants to avoid making enemies, looking like an aggressor, and potentially destabilizing the regional power balance. The US has global strategic interests that require it to remain on friendly terms with the international community. Second, the US needs to allocate its resources efficiently. Cost generally scales with lethality. Third, when hostages are involved, the safety of the hostages must be prioritized. Fourth, before the engagement occurs, the enemy's intent to use deadly force might not be so clear. Often, they disguise themselves and use fake distress calls.

@@godowskygodowsky1155 "waters near other nations" means nothing, as long as they're in international waters. As for governments in the region, the situations usually occur miles and miles from shore, so they wouldn't be aware of what might be happening. Basically, it fits the old saying "cop didn't see it, I didn't do it." Resources? A missile or two, of a few hundred bullets isn't going to put us in any kind of shortage. I agree with you on the hostages scenario. If someone is trying to illegally board your boat, with weapons, and is shooting at you, you know they're not friends. F*ck the U.N. They're no friend of America. 1- You sink the enemies boats. 2- Drive away. 3- Survivors, if any, you leave them to play with the sharks.