Gruss, you need to do a little deeper reading on this. The pirates are not Islamisists. As a matter of fact, they are often at the end of guns fighting with the Islamisists. They are not the same groups.
And shooting toward a Western plane at the airport is _not_ news. lol. that is called "Monday". On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dino wrote: >> firm hand in the past and we should do so in the present and future. If the >> Somalis have a beef with the Mafia or the Europeans then they should take it >> up with them. Attacking American ships results in one response - the removal >> of the threat. They are attacking random ships for money, not for justice. >> > > Well, I guess I don't think this is an issue that can be dealt with in > isolation. I think you've got a couple of core moving parts: > > (1.) Robin Hood factor. Gotta keep these pirates from rising to folk > hero status which means we can't be seen as the meanies which means > some marketing. Because you KNOW that the story of how and why we > killed those 3 pirates is not being told as it really happened. > > (2.) Extremism. Somalia is a hotbed of extremism and they'll use this > or any other issue to fire people up and recruit them. Right now it > seems unrelated, tomorrow it's not. > > (3.) American image. Not so good there now. Obama can help repair > that with some marketing. > > (4.) Respective Corners. We're boxed in somewhat here, but so are > they. If the pirates start killing hostages, it won't go well for > them. > > (5.) Piracy. You can prevent this from happening in the first place > with a few destroyers and/or some 3rd party security firms which is > exactly what should've been done. > > Because ... > ------- > > Somali insurgents fired mortars toward U.S. Congressman Donald > Payne's plane during a visit to the Somali capital in Mogadishu. > > The New Jersey Democrat was not injured, his spokeswoman Kerry > McKenney told FOX News. > > Al Shabab, Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group, claimed > responsibility for the mortars fired at Payne, Reuters reported. > > "We fired on the airport to target the so-called democratic > congressman sent by (U.S. President Barack) Obama," Sheikh Hussein > Ali, an al Shabaab spokesman, told Reuters. > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514935,00.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:294904 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
