> CamChi wrote: > The short term message Obama sent? "Don't fsck with US ships." >
Yeah, that's what you heard. What they heard was, "Americans love killing peaceful Somalis just going about their business.": ------------------- France and the U.S. will encounter unforgettable lessons, Mohamed Hashi Yasin, a self-declared pirate spokesman, said by mobile phone from the port town of Eyl. We will treat every country as they treat us. We will take quick revenge on American ships if we dont receive apologies, Yusuf Mohamed Mahdi, who identified himself as a pirate commander, said in a separate telephone interview today from Eyl. We will not only target ships and crew in the sea, but also American agencies staff in Somalia. The Americans broke the peace process and killed our teenagers aggressively, Yasin said. They tricked us and opted out of the peace deal. -------------------- We f'd up by not *preventing* these hijackings in the first place and now we risk war at time when we really don't need another one. And American is FULL of Somalis. Especially Minnesota. My point is, if you let things get to the point where someone gets killed, then you start the never-ending cycle of retribution: they killed us so we kill them so they kill us so we kill them so ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:294863 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
