Arrrgh, Matey!

In an unpresidented show of cahones, pirates off the coast of Somalia attacks two U.S. warships while patrolling in the Indian Ocean.

The pirates attacked the USS Cape St. George, a guided-missile cruiser, and the USS Gonzalez, a guided-missile destroyer, in a small wooden boat armed only with shoulder-fired rocket launchers that looked as if they had been recovered from an Al-Quida 'Going Out of Business' sale. Hardly the arsenaul that one would need to take on two heavily armed American patrol ships...even one named the USS Gonzalez*.

Needless to say the pirates boat was disintegrated. One of the pirates was killed and five more were wounded, the Navy said. Twelve suspects in all were apprehended and taken into custody in a skirmish that was over before it ever began.

That must have been some good shit those pirates were snorting before they decided that they would take on the Yanks in their armored sailing vessels in a classic David vs. Goliath style naval battle. They must have been feeling better than invinsible! These badasses must have spent the morning sprinkling China White on their Corn Flakes and watching 'Pirates of the Carribean' for the zillionth time before they went all Tony Montana.

But still, you have to admore that kind of blind aggression. It's good to know that todays pirates don't descriminate among who they attack and plunder. In this case, Polly just bit off more cracker than he could chew.

* This particular name was chosen over other such strong possible classy ship names as USS Raoul, USS Enriques, and the USS Samuel L. Jackson.