[Leonard D Neubache]

(01-26-2017 06:59 PM)Going strong Wrote:  

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Somalian pirates make a living from the stupidity and political-correctness of the Globalized world.

Because, Political-Correctness is the only reason why big container boats themselves, or patrolling Navy ships, are not allowed to shoot and kill Somalian pirates (in legitimate defense) with real weapons: because it would look bad on (MSM) TV screens, to see Black (pirates) killed.

So, the Establishment prefers to give tens of millions of usd to these monstrous, medieval Somalian criminals, rather than dealing with them like the West should: by giving warning shots, then if required, shooting them all for good. Problem solved, and sunk.
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The navy simply cannot be in enough places at one time to intercept every dingy and skiff that pounces out from the shoreline.

People think "pirates" and they imagine some group of thugs who live out at sea but a lot of these "pirates" are simply land based raiders covering short distances before boarding vessels and taking over.

Mercs are absolutely the solution and keep these ships safe for a fraction of the costs of piracy insurance, not to mention they protect lives that might be lost during the initial hostilities of a traditional hijacking or if hostages are later executed to make a point. The trouble is in how to bring a ship into port when not only do different nations have different gun laws but quite often the ports themselves have weapons laws that are even more restrictive. You'd think a treaty would be banged out to protect commerce and the people involved but we all know eagerly the UN and the rest of the globalists are so very keen on the idea of ultra-masculine warriors killing scum without the all important uniform of a nation state. [/sarc]

Here's a video of some ship mercs "warning" some pirates into Davy Jones' locker.

Seems Captain Slowpoke was a little late on calling the warning shots and so it all just defaulted to "hose 'em".

As for the idea that these are just downtrodden fisherman fighting back against the man, sorry but that's marxist nonsense. What does the average Somali fisherman make per year multiplied by the years he would work? I can guarantee you it's not in the "tens of millions" range that these guys are demanding. If they were asking for 50k to retire on a fisherman's wage for the fish they were robbed of then they would have my total sympathy and that of the world. The reality is that these operations are funding trips for warlords, islamic and otherwise.

There's a good article about it here:

https://www.wired.com/2011/08/pirate-fighters-inc/