I think you've been watching too many talking heads this week. It *has* been going on for years. I don't like it and I am glad we rescued the captain. I don't think the rescue will stop them though. Not if there is any truth at all to that article.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I personally don't feel there is anything going on in the world that > was a more serious threat to the long-term health of the United States > than those pirates. > > The idea that FOR YEARS they could at will hijack and kill and hold > hostage people and ships and cargo is unacceptable. > > The growth in that "industry", and the total lack of consequences, > would have encouraged the same type of action, and for any small armed > group around the world from starting to take hostages in larger and > larger numbers. Trucks in Mexico, ships around the world. Planes at > small airports. > > It _has_ to be stopped. > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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:294864 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
