Talk:Action of 28 October 2007

Pirate flag?
Isn’t that a little silly, unless those Somali vessels were flying the Jolly Roger. Chwyatt 09:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Why is the pirate flag here?
Unless there is evidence that 21st century Somali ‘pirates’ are flying 18th century English pirate flags, I cannot see a reason to add that flag. And if those 21st century Somali ‘pirates’ are not flying a flag, why add a flag that is nothing to do with them? There is no official pirate flag.


 * Further reasons not to have the ‘pirate flag’


 * The popular image of pirates, which the Jolly Roger represents, in the popular imagination, is nothing like the reality of pirates operating of the African coast in the 21st century. The only reason as some have said for having Jolly Roger is that it represents pirates. But modern piracy is a world apart from the popular myths or reality of 18th century piracy.


 * Further, two different pirate flags have appeared at different times, so there is no single common pirate flag. And no ‘official generic pirate flag’.


 * It has been said that Islamic terrorists don’t fly the flag of jihad. If that is the case, then that is a reason not to have the flag of jihad.


 * It simply isn’t encyclopaedic. Chwyatt (talk) 07:35, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Who said the pirates are Islamic terrorists? Answer: no one Most pirates back in the day did not fly the Jolly Roger as they dont now. Either way the Jolly Roger is the symbol of piracy and that is why it is here. Also, are alot more than two Jolly Rogers types.

As for there not being a common pirate flag, you are wrong, the most common is the one used, Jolly Rogers took many forms, the one used is the one most people think of when they hear the words Jolly Roger. For your information, classical piracy occurred more in the 17th century, not the 18th. The 1700s was not a good time for pirates, at this time pirate numbers dwindled due to the emergence of large navies and the protection of merchant trade convoys.--Az81964444 (talk) 23:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

rename
I have renamed this article to its proper U.S. Navy name. This article clearly involves the U.S. Navy so their name of the engagement should be used. Unless the operation name can be found, the problem with that is there most likely is not an operation name because all of the U.S./Somali pirate engagements were not pre meditated by the U.S. Navy and the pirates obviously dont name their attacks as "operation .....". --Az81964444 (talk) 00:26, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Unsourced section "Aftermath"
I am intending to remove the section which for almost two years is marked as unsoruced on or around June 1, 2010. Obviously it is original research or propaganda or whatsoever and does not appear to show the actual situation at the time. So if one wants to add sources it is time to do it now. --Matthiasb (talk) 05:46, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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