Oh, so they are like Greenpeace?/sarc
Posted on 04/14/2009 10:48:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The "National Volunteer Coast Guard" sounds like the naval arm of Obama's Brownshirts/Civilian National Defense Corps, doesn't it?
Amy Goodman = seriously mentally ill.
Oh, so they are like Greenpeace?/sarc
Well at least we know were Waldo is.
Setting it up for Billions in US Foreign Aid to be dumped into the place maybe?????????????
AHHHHH take as much as you can from American Workers, borrow until there is not end in sight then spread it around to all the World!
Sounds crazy doesn't it but it's true.
There is so much fodder for “right wing” politicians in Congress. Too bad they lack steel balls.
Well, the two piracies are the original one, which was foreign fishing piracy by foreign trawlers and vessels, who at the same time were dumping industrial waste, toxic waste and, it also has been reported, nuclear waste. Most of the time, we feel it’s the same fishing vessels, foreign fishing vessels, that are doing both. That was the piracy that started all these problems.The old "load toxic waste as ballast, dump it and fill the holds with fish" trick
B.S.
Unfortunately, the man is (partially) correct.
The colonial powers (Italy then later Russia) devastated the country for decades.
In the 80’s, the Russians left, but left a cesspool.
Since the early 90’s - the EU has insisted on fishing limits in EU Territorial Waters - and has tacitly encouraged it’s fleet to plunder the waters off Africa!
Illegal dumping in African waters is also a common EU practice.
While there certainly have been formal complaints - I would wager that a few well placed “compensations” have kept the government of Somilia from pressing the issue.
- is the current piracy a “response”? Hardly. The piracy exists for the same reason it always existed everywhere.
- will it stop if “we” pour money on the problem. Hardly.
- will it stop if “we” respect the territorial waters of Somalia (and the rest of Africa). Maybe. At least then, the fisherman and others who rely on the fishing industry will have a chance to make an honest living.
- will this happen. Hardly.
It didn't take long for that euphemism to get bandied about...
Libs - at Huff Po and elsewhere - are already getting the “we (the West) caused this problem in Somalia (dumping toxins and so on)” thing ramped up, so as to provide cover for Obama and an excuse for him to recommend that tens of millions or billions of dollars be poured into helping the nation of Somalia.
There's the dead giveaway to some communist-speak.
This “report” is a load of “toxic waste”.
Yes, most fishing trawlers fail to dispose of their nuclear waste properly.
No, just a useful infidel who has embraced her dhimmitude..
Sounds like a job for all the crazed environmental extremists of the world. Instead of torching cars, tree-sitting or suing over the status of endangered frogs, they should be encouraged to monitor toxic dumping off the coast of Africa: I'm sure the Somalis would be most cooperative. /sarc
I've also read that the piracy is cutting deeply into Egypt's Suez canal revenues, as shippers are taking alternate routes. That will only mean more unrest in Egypt and an increased plea for foreign aid.
more BS pegged to the evil white man.
Only a moron could confuse the container ships and oilers that are being hijacked with a boat used for fishing or for toxic waste transport and dumping. Only a fool would even consider these silly claims. In other words, Obama is probably trying to figure out this new American guilt right now so he’ll know how much of the free money that he can print should be sent to pirates as reparations.
The Iranian Dayanant was carrying nuclear waste from China and when Somali pirates hijacked it, the pirates died when they opened the "special" containers.
Sounds like the pie-rates are the ones doing the pollutin. Mandated child proof safety caps are needed on our container ships.
Now that's just silly. Everyone knows that the European's are so socially and environmentally progressive, and that we need to be more like them. (Now, where is that article talking about how the Seine River is Europe's Chernobyl....?)
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