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These small boats can't travel 100-200-300 miles out to sea, they use a mother ship. Find the mother ships and end of the business. period.

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the new prez wants peace so he doesn't mind if our ships get hijacked. im sure he thinks those poor 3rd world country pirates need the money worse than we do.

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to the original question-"what am i missing here?"
do a little googling- basically since the somali govt collapsed around 15-20 years ago, they have not been able to patrol their waters. due to no patrolling of intl waters off their shores, non-somalis have overfished their waters and have also dumped toxic waste that is now washing up by the barrellful onto their shores. much of this toxic waste has apparently been hauled for profit by an itlalian organized crime organization.
apparently around 90% of somali people make their living and acquire their food from the sea. now think about this- if foreign entities were dumping toxic waste in your favorite fishing hole/hunting spot and also coming in and poaching game/fish that is rightfully yours, WOULD YOU NOT TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST THEM?
I am not saying that what the skinnies are doing is right- but they are called skinnies for a reason- these people are practically starving to death while others pollute and pillage their resources.

maybe our monies would be better spent helping them patrol their own waters in a lawful way so that they don't patrol them in an unlawful way? maybe we shjould track down these commercial fisheries that overfished their waters and make them make a contribution to solving the problems? maybe we should find the folks dumping toxic waste in the somali waters and force them to make a "contribution" to the cause?

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Al Sharpton said, on Air America Radio, that the Somali Pirates were "so-called Pirates" and the " Voluntary Coast Guard" for Somalia.

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will probably gather em all up bring em here and give them wellfare.......he thinks we can afford it

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I knew some one would get around to blaming every one else but the pirates for all this. i mean they sure cant be to blame , there just poor starving people that have to steel and kill inocent people to survie. now ant that easy to understand shew, yawl right wingers need to get real here

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Then why are they targeting yahts, relief aide ships, oil tankers and so forth? This group is just another money hungry gang that is getting away with stealing from others even their own country men and women. Some of the relief aide was going to Somalia.

Maybe if we just cut them a check once a month they would be happy right. lol I'm sure it's crossed someones mind lately.

Now their so-called Pirates. Definition of a pirate-

Piracy is a war-like act committed by a nonstate actor, especially robbery or criminal violence committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a national authority. It does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by nonstate actors.

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The dirty little secret the Obama administration refuses to admit is that these "pirates" are a faction of AlQuaeda, funneling money from the goods and ransoms they collect to fund terrorism.

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Pirates have been given no quarter since roman times and I see no reason to change that now. We have more than enough firepower to blockade somali ports............ nobody in or out till piracy ceases.

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I knew some one would get around to blaming every one else but the pirates for all this. i mean they sure cant be to blame , there just poor starving people that have to steel and kill inocent people to survie. now ant that easy to understand shew, yawl right wingers need to get real here

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Truly,your reasoning is as full of holes as swiss cheese. Don't even think about comparing pirates with rednecks. I don't see too many of my redneck friends going around shooting up the neighborhood to become the new warlord on the block. Somalis are responsible for the current state of affairs in their country. This needs to be dealt with in the same manner as the barbary coast way back when. You cannot talk about the rule of law to a society that has no moral compass. They understand one thing.......... brute force.

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I sure don't think that by trying to better understand what is motivating this piracy that I am "blaming everyone else but the pirates". In my post I am trying to get people to try to realize that these pirates are behaving in the same way that many who post on this very site would behave. How many times has someone started a thread about a dog shot or stolen and gotten responses that range from " I'd go straight to his house and knock some sense into him" to "nail the windows shut and pour gasoline on the house- that fella won't give you no more trouble!". If we are to be really honest about it, most on this site kinda prefer the option of a little vigilante, take it into our own hands kind of justice. Well right or wrong, the skinnies feel the same way.
And so I will ask the hypothetical question again-If foreign entities were dumping toxic waste into your best hunting/fishing spot and poaching all of the game that your family needs to survive, and your govt was incapable of helping you out-WOULDN'T YOU TAKE UP ARMS TO DEFEND YOUR LIFESTYLE?

Or do you disagree with the NRA's position that a person ought to be able to arm themselves and defend themselves from perceived threats?

Myself, I prefer rule of law- there are plenty of laws on the books already and they should be able to protect most of our interests- lets let the law enforcement agencies of the world figure these situations out. And if we are to start attacking Somalia because some Somalis are pirates is it ok for other nations to attack the United states because some of our elected/appointed officials have committed war crimes?
Myself, I would say no.

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just dont make an excuse for a criminal and thats what those pirates are thugs nuff said

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i'm sure these punk kids that are being called pirates are not sharing there loot with the starving people of somalia. punk kids is all they are i am truly amazed how all the liberal news say these poor kids. look what happened to the ships trying to bring the somalies medical supplies and food these so called pirates are nothing more than a band of punks taking a few on may just stop them i'm sure they are like the rest of the greedy in it for themselves and screw there own people

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[B]Al Sharpton said, on Air America Radio, that the Somali Pirates were "so-called Pirates" and the " Voluntary Coast Guard" for Somalia. [/B Sharpton said that they( the pirates) call themselves voluntary coast guard. ]I guess you can't help but tell a D- lie! Just heard the conversation on youtube.

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Truly - I guess I have not heard of any demands for things , like you say is going on , to stop. All I've heard about are demands for ransom money.

Plottluvr - If we started sinking all the pirates boats that don't have hostages on them , the ones that do won't start killing their hostages because they'll know that's the only thing keeping them alive. Trust me , they'll start dealing in a hurry.

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just dont make an excuse for a criminal and thats what those pirates are thugs nuff said

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I guess you can't help but tell a D- lie

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I have to eat crow on that one because he did say" which is more apt." They need to be stopped! By know means am I saying I'm sorry for calling you a D-lie. Lol!

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I have to eat crow on that one because he did say" which is more apt." They need to be stopped! By know means am I saying I'm sorry for calling you a D-lie. Lol!

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I wont make excuses for them.I will just try to understand what it is all about-you can't solve a problem if you dont understand the underlieing contributing factors. I also wont make "excuses" for the criminal behavior that our founding fathers had to undertake to establish our nation. sometimes it is just a process people have to go through to rebuild their country.AND NO, I AM NOT comparing somali pirates overtaking merchant vessels to the men who boarded ships in the boston harbor and dumped tea.

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you cant appease a criminal he dont care he just wants what you have,even if he has to kill you for it .

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Typical liberal argument. Making excuses for those who want to do us harm, and somehow always finding America to be the culprit for their behavior.

Truly,I hate to break this to you, but the U.S. is Somalia's biggest food importer. WE GIVE THEM MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FOOD EVERY YEAR. And guess what. THEY TAX US FOR IT!!

These pirates aren't securing food for their country. What a lame excuse for their actions.

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lets call the old gang up and water board them that seems to be ok with you guys ok friends

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Turns out this is exactly how the Somali pirates feel. They feel that they can't appease those who destroy their source of food. And you are right-they just want what we have- a reliable source of food.

They also have the problem that many here face- that is- lumping everyone together as it relates to wrongs committed against them. The Somalis see all merchant vessels the same- because many have wronged them, they are all guilty and a legitimate target to attack. Because many who have wronged us are Muslim, we feel it is ok to attack Muslims in general, rather than those specific ones who have wronged us.

On an interesting note- the pirate that we are holding stated that he was thrilled when he got on board the american vessel because he had always wanted to meet americans- they didn't realize apparently that the boat that they were boarding was a US ship.He holds americans in high regard. And he stated that he was happy to come to america [even as a prisoner?]. one of the photos of him shows him smiling ear to ear- he was smiling because he had never seen a camera before!

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