Comments on: Somali Pirates Live The Good Life

Lavish Spending By Sea-Going Bandits Makes Them Heroes To People Of Poor Coastal Villages

[eric_8-2009]

Eventually, a company like Blackwater (military level security company) will be contracted by the shipping companies to ride along and secure the precious cargo. I would. If some ship comes by unannounced, they get blown out of the water. Problem solved.

I may be naive about how easy this should be to institute, but it makes sense. It would be much better to have some insurance on board than not.

[scb111_1]

Somalia''s increasingly brazen pirates seems to be the jobs created for the 21st Century? I wonder how we all can benefit from this type of enterprize?

[sly_64]

They are the "Robin Hoods" of Somalia.

[americanese1]

saudis should send in their own navy and/or mercenaries to get their oil back! Why US or nato?

[andrew_693]

I agree...obliterate them and their new houses with missiles.


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Posted by brianp55 at 01:01 PM : Nov 19, 2008




yeah, we should use our million dollar missile, we should spend billions of taxpayers dollars in fuel for our navy to abliterate their 30 thousand dollar home and destroy their 2 thousand dollar speedboat. All these millions of dollars to protect a saudi oil tanker that will make the owners of the country that produced 9-11 hijackers....I say "fack them", let them buy their own protection.

[andrew_693]

From the above article, ''''Somalia''''s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

And in an impoverished country where every public institution has crumbled, they have become heroes in the steamy coastal dens they operate from because they are the only real business in town.''''







Turning an organized society into a chaotic one.........Sounds like the same achievements accomplished by the bush administration and his herd of christians in Iraq.

[bobnjersey]

[The population makes sure the pirates are well-stocked in qat, a popular narcotic leaf, and offer support from the ground even as the international community tries to quash them. ]

this sounds like it might be one way to develop their economy ... much like the american colonies once had tobacco as their cash crop ... somalia might be able to turn their ''qat'' into a revenue generator.

if you need money ... and you have little else as a means to obtain it ... narcotics fill the void every time. this has been proven repeatedly for hundreds ... if not thousands of years.

they''ll keep the pirating up as long as it''s the easiest path to the money they seek.

[ybotheratall]

Gee, radical islamists control the country, stonings and lashings, the kids all go to islamic schools. Sounds like a bunch of animalistic muslims spewing their intolerance and hatred as far as they can go. Blow them all up but get the kids out first so they can be cured of their brainwashing.

[used2bfedup1]

I would think a few 50cal machine guns and ppl that know how to use them would more than take care of this problem.

Did u notice that one of the place that these pirates did business was Dubai? Good ol Bushdom are there.

[docpeter1953]

From the above article, ''Somalia''s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

And in an impoverished country where every public institution has crumbled, they have become heroes in the steamy coastal dens they operate from because they are the only real business in town.''
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Sound errily like what the big co execs and those looking for bailout are trying to do to the commoner here?

[enlightenu]

Privateers or Merchant Mariners helped win the revolutionary war. SO it was OK for the the to do that but now it is not OK for others to do that.

One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorists.

The media never looks at the cause of conflict - injustice. But then, look at who controls the media.

Posted by AntiZion at 01:09 PM : Nov 19, 2008

That information would make the article too long to be worth reading. The media likes sensationalism. It''s simple and exciting and that is what America likes. Americans would do well to buy more subscriptions to National Geographic.

[enlightenu]

Drop the Big One on ''''em, the whole continent is despotic, corrupt and chaotic, from Somalia to the Congo to Zimabwe. Sooner or later they and those like ''''em will need to be taught a lesson. The whole situation is a f---ing joke, the world is going crazy. By illegally invading Iraq, Bush & Blair have made it very difficult to control this outrageous behaviour and we are now paying the price and will continue to do so for many years to come.....Unless we make an example of these people.

Posted by drinuk at 12:58 PM : Nov 19, 2008

So first European colonies completely throw off the entire continents way of life, leave them hanging, so now we should nuke them? How about getting brave enough to invest in development? How about not siphoning off all their oil and gas for paltry fees an d disheveling their environment? How about now raining sludge from gas flares down on their villages? Is that too difficult? It''s easier just to nuke the whole continent? Is that the American way now?

[antizion]

Privateers or Merchant Mariners helped win the revolutionary war. SO it was OK for the the to do that but now it is not OK for others to do that.

One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorists.

The media never looks at the cause of conflict - injustice. But then, look at who controls the media.

[brianp55]

I agree...obliterate them and their new houses with missiles.

[colt8881]

Since when being a Pirate is a good thing. This story made the Pirates seem to be not bad people. I guess its OK to hijack ships and super tankers full of oil, but to hijack a jet is off the menue this article makes it seem ok to Hijack a Super Tanker.

Now that these Douschebag Pirates are getting world wide attention and their picturs are on CNN and CBS this will embolden them for a bigger prise.

Thanks News Networks for making this news.

[antoniof123]

Someone told me a long time ago and I agreed with them that if we would have spent the money we wasted in Iraq by helping others we would have defeaded the problem.

Well, now look at the fuits of our labor.

[lggeek]

Seems to me a few well placed missiles aimed at their stronghold would take care of the problem.

[lggeek]

Seems to me a few well place missiles aim at their strong hold would take care of the problem.

[getoffmine1]

they are common thieves and they need to be eliminated.

[gangesdak]

All the Euripeans did the same in the past. Knighthood was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth to the brazen British pirates who used to loot the Spanish hoodlums who themselves pirated others. Those were the good old days. Now Somalis are doing the same. Bravo, guys! Just don''t get killed.