Barry And The Pirates

Jules Crittenden looks at a round up of coverage on the resolution of the Somali pirate situation. Given that the dirtbags were popped because the Captain had to relieve himself, I suppose a bladder infection may as well serve as the Obama strategy on piracy today.

It especially makes sense given that, big picture, we're probably going to p*ss money away on foreign aid to a failed non-state in what will be a failed effort to stem the problem.

It's actually Bush 2.0 when it comes to nation building, spare the guns, just show them the money. As if that will work. Most of it will simply be mis-directed, or mis-managed by the same corrupted mindset of the pirates.

Somalia, Afghanistan and potentially even Pakistan are the foreign affairs issues of our time and Obama doesn't have a plan, or a clue. And that doesn't even include North Korea.

Comments

[seekeronos]

Simple solution - arm American flagged merchant ships with heavy calibre mounted firearms - and have a "shoot-first" policy as regarding pirates approaching your ship.

In international waters, under maritime law, I believe this is acceptable, no?

[Jeanie]

I suppose the shipping companies see it as a cost/benefit problem. Is it less expensive to arm all my ships or to pay the ransom for the odd one that is captured? I imagine there are maritime regulations on whether an armed ship is allowed in port, too.

[Alan K. Henderson]

Heh, and for quite some time I've been referring to our government as "Pirates of the Potomac."

Maybe commercial ships should hire Navy Seals to work their galleys. It worked in Under Siege.