I love the general indictment of the entire Western world under the phrase "our crimes". Or maybe the writer just means Europeans? Either way. The Italian mafia is a criminal enterprise, yet somehow this idiotic writer manages to indict everyone in his farce of an accusation.
Somalia is a failed state where the vacuum was filled by gun-toting petty warlords, not altogether different from Afghanistan prior to the Taliban. The same process that happened in Afghanistan has happened, is happening, in Somalia. And for all the bullshit excuses about "protecting their coastal waterways", such thugs have no excuse for kidnapping civilians aboard sailboats and oil tankers that are merely passing by, far out in international waters. The truth is that piracy is a commercial enterprise in Somalia, and it has to stop. Someone needs to police the coastline of Somalia, prevent illegal dumping, and wipe out the thugs preying on innocent vessels. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Michael D wrote: > > I notice that the payment to Somali warlords of $80 million in return for > the 'rights' to dump the waste was not mentioned. As much as the article > makes it out to be the evil west vs. the noble suffering Somalis, the truth > of the situation if far from that simple. > On the other hand, it is not a repeat of the Muslim piracy of the Barbary > coast, no matter how some sites want to make it. > > Oh, and "everybody agrees" is not true either, as everyone can tell you. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294807 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
