Piracy: How To Deal ('the French option')

http://www.newsweek.com/id/194049?digg=1 ^

[darkness78]

Three times since April of last year Somali gunmen have seized pleasure boats with French passengers and crews—and all three times, including just last week, the French have negotiated, stalled (in the first case even paid a ransom), then attacked. The French response to Somali piracy is now so well known that "in Puntland they talk about avoiding 'the French option'

[Smokin' Joe]

If the pirates are deemed to be terrorists or working with terrorists, then talks would be precluded. The United States does not negotiate with terrorists. So, for the moment at least, it's important that they be identified exclusively as criminals.)

Important to the pirates, maybe.

Once again, only the elimination of the industry and its players will work. Mollycoddling them will not. If they are trying to sieze a vessel, make chum out of them.

[wardaddy]

Sarkozy has given back that once great nation of culture (admittedly)..

some dignity back.

God for him and his mega hot wifey.

[wardaddy]

Like Coulter threads, like France threads...Mrs Sarkozy:

[steve-b]

The French are taking a more forceful approach that we are? That’s just embarrassing....