Dumbass pirates attack French navy ship

Awesome.

 

They're making a movie about this incident. It will be rated AAAARRRRRRGH.

<ducks>

 

If there was a salary cap it would've given the Pirates a chance.

 

That the French didn't surrender could be classified as an upset

 

This quote was in the AP version, and it's pretty funny.

 

Not to pee in someone's cornflakes, but the French Navy ship Somme is an underway replenishment ship, formerly known as an oiler. It being mistaken as a civilian merchantman wouldn't be that difficult.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durance_class_tanker
It carries a couple of 40mm Bofors cannons, the French equivalent of the Stinger and a couple of the Frenchies' version of the 50 caliber. Not exactly heavily armed, but plenty enough against pirates with RPGs and AKs. Arrrrrrr!

 

Holy crap. That photo just crashed the internets. The lights in my office flickered.

 

Didn't realize it was that big. Sorry.

 

I blame the French.

 

Tough merde, Nbutu.

 

Is the first French victory since WWII (when they let the U.S. and the British win it for them)?

 

Ne nous amusons pas!
(We are not amused.)