Smile At The Camera

The question of the day is: Why is the captured Somali Pirate smiling on his way in to court?

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Obviously, he was wondering how many FBI, NYPD, and hidden in the woodwork agents it took to safely escort him .
As the flash of the cameras lit his face, the Pirate was experiencing his moment; the thrill of more attention than he could imagine; He is half way around the world, in another hemisphere, in New York, and he's a celebrity. How could anybody suppress a smile under those circumstances? Didn't Bernie smile a little as he was paraded through the cameras? Maybe the pirate could stay in Bernie's penthouse while things are worked out?
Or maybe the Pirate's thinking, "Wow, if I only had a tenth ot the money these people are going to spend on me, I wouldn't a been jacking ships". Smiling at the fools that will spend millions on him. Millions.
Consider the cost of sending three naval warships over to the Pirate's neighborhood to play. Then fly a Navy SEAL team in because three naval warships don't have three qualified snipers on them.? ( I guess an in emergency the ships use the big guns.) ( Those SEALS flew in on the first night, that's when the pirates fate was sealed.) Hang around for a few days. Get the minor off the boat, don't want to kill children. Three shots . Done deal except the aforementioned Pirate.
COST: Millions
And if todays media coverage is any indicator, it will be millions more by the time the boy pirate is set free. Thats right, set free !
Attorneys are lining up to plead the pirates case in a dream team fantasy of publicity and making names for themselves. The Pirate will at least get defence representation on a par with Mother's that lose their children. His story is that big. Where's Nancy Grace on this one?
The reason the poor child was there in the first place was he was Shang Hai'd , naive, under duress. His family has already stepped up to plead the boy is really a victim of the pirates, and not one of them. The father claims the pirate is only fifteen. Court costs. Defence fees. Incarceration until he's freed. In the end, it will all be a big mistake , the US will have committed an error by acting without authority. The Pirate will go home to his mother. He'll probably parlay his celebrity into a seat in the Somali government and later write a book denouncing America .
Millions of dollars spent on a damn pirate when the answer was there for all to read.
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