If a country is that unstable, saving an oil tanker won't preserve that regime. Plus, it's not necessarily a regime that if we do save it, will be around to thank us for it. It's all stupid "team USA" posturing for worthless political points at the risk of American lives.

What? I mean it's not like they get to carry some home as a thank you gift.

Because impressing Cyprus is worth risking the lives of servicemen for. Tell that to their wives/kids.

How about neither? Don't think this would lead us to bomb anything.

I'm the furthest possible thing from a libertarian — a somewhat hawkish liberal democrat actually. Certain interventions make sense and yes, our role as a major power is inescapable post WW2. But this just seems tangential at best to any U.S. Goals.

Domestic is the key word here.

And I think this is foolish.

Is this really piracy? Libyans steal a ship which no one seems to acknowledge ownership of from (presumably) other Libyans in an unstable country with internal disputes. We shouldn't be involved in these kinds of things.

And that obligates us to do something...why?

Clive Owen in "The Hire" BMW films.

Treaty obligations and maintaining international mutual defense treaties are one thing. Recovering someone else's stolen property is another. This is just petty and should be left up to others.

Impressive and all (as always from the SEALs) but why are we involved in this?

1. I DO have a Poli Sci (hint: it's spelled "Poli" because it's short for "Political" Degree. With reasoning like yours you wouldn't have passed freshman year.

From a millennial (me) with a Political Science degree from a prestigious university:

That's interesting. I never owned one but always enjoyed my friend's.

This thing was an actual BMW-competitor in Type-S guise. 260 bhp from a silky smooth six with a snick-snick manual to match. I also think the styling was distinctive and handsome. Acura needs to bring back this quiet confidence rather than chasing after suburban dads who want an MDX with a beak and all the best buy…

I'm not trying to be an ass here, but I sat in one and had the opposite reaction. There was a lot of plastic and to me it felt like a big accord — no real richness to any of the materials or texture. Krell audio was the coolest thing about it. A6 that was one stand over totally outclassed the Acura.

There are such things as beautiful tools. In fact, many jalops see beauty in function. This, however, is hideous. It's ill-proportioned and needlessly awful. There is a better way to do this!

Just RSVP'd for one of these in DC. We'll see how it goes.

I live in DC and it's the same. I want to bring a damn ruler.