US sea capt. freed from pirates in swift firefight
An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, U.S. officials said.
So begins the the AP story about the rescue of the kidnapped ship captain, a story that never says who actually carried out the rescue. The entire story is written in passive voice, “The captain was rescued,” and so on.
Very, very odd. It is not even clear if it was US forces that actually did the rescue, or some private agency, or some other nation’s forces, or for that matter some Somali “friends” of the pirates who were persuaded by someone that it would be in their best interest to get the captain released, unharmed.
Speculations, anyone?
UPDATE: Here’s the real story.
April 12th, 2009 10:51 pm
It is quite interesting the conundrums we end up in with relative vs. objective moralism. Isn’t is more politically correct to have equal opportunity murder – I mean abortions? After all, political correctness – not absolute truth is what we need as a society – is it not?
April 13th, 2009 12:08 am
Bill, I think maybe you meant this comment to go on the abortion post before this one. And yes, along that line, the “intrinsic good” of a “woman’s right to choose” seems to trump all other considerations, including an unborn woman’s right not to be killed for her gender.
April 15th, 2009 10:49 am
Well I’ll be tellin’ ya who rescued the Captain, twas the UNITED STATES NAVY who done it laddie. Pirates on the high seas, sounds like a good Navy day!!! Arrrrrr!
April 15th, 2009 10:53 am
We should have a national “keel haul the pirates” day!