Pirates me hearties, pirates!

[Occhidiangela]

Hi,
The disease is their disease. When the *people* of Somalia (ditto Afghanistan, China, most of the Balkans, pretty damned near all the rest of Africa, etc.) want to solve it, then we should be ready and willing to help them. Until they do, all we can do is make it worse. If there's a secret recipe for making it better, then history tells us it remains secret.

The symptom, on the other hand, is our problem. And it is a problem we can do something about, given leadership with guts and commitment. The price may be some hostages, but there's no profit in being a dead pirate. As we did two hundred years ago, so should we now -- speak to them in the only language they understand.

--Pete

Agreed. Thus, while it may be good sport to shoot them at sea, such expenditure of firepower will stop nothing. Killing ashore is the course of action I had in mind. Where's Presley O Bannon when you need him, eh?

I noted in the news today that various Somali trash talking filth were threatening to harm Americans since some of their brethren were shot in the course of a kidnap for profit operation.

That some piece of crap in the media gave them a microphone irritates me. They feed the

'bleeds and leads'

juxtaposition for their own profits and personal glory. Mercenary bastidges, the lot of them.

Back to "problem solving" as it were. Warlords and their bankers. Send them a lead telegram. Whoever is handling that ransom money has blood on his hands. Or hers. Or both.

It is necessary to disincentivize this kidnap for profit bit. In Somalia, and in Mexico, for that matter.

Occhi