> JJ wrote: > > I think the resolution to this latest hijacking was effective. >
That's a pretty short-term way to think about things. The problem is, now you've got Somalis promising to kill Americans and The French whenever and where ever they find them. And you can't just go into Somali waters and start blasting every boat. So who's a fisherman and who's a pirate? You have no idea until the fisherman try to pirate someone. Very likely that means that either the US Navy is going to start having to escorting all shipping traffic or, at a minimum, the shippers will have to hire a company like Blackwater. On the other hand, in this case, there was probably no choice. So what remains is a question of whether we're at war with Somalians. Last time it didn't work out so well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:294853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
