To: Wil H
Haven’t we had enough trouble fighting warlords in Somalia??
Shoot enough of his followers who are actually trying to hijack these vessels, let them wash up on shore full of holes as a warning, and the rest will be afraid to follow.
52 posted on
04/15/2009 12:48:27 PM PDT by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts.....)
To: Bean Counter
Works for me , plain & simple, this ain’t rocket science.
53 posted on
04/15/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Bean Counter
Shoot enough of his followers who are actually trying to hijack these vessels, let them wash up on shore full of holes as a warning, and the rest will be afraid to follow.It might work, but I suspect a lot of those kids are pressed into service with threats against their families if they don't produce.
Killing the actual pirates is certainly a deterrent but you still have to deal with the infrastructure or they will find other ways to extort money.
57 posted on
04/15/2009 1:49:34 PM PDT by
Wil H
(The most destructive act of Muslim terrorism against the US was paying for 0bama's Harvard education)
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