Why is this a question at all? Although this will never happen under the presidency of President Barack "I'm sorry-I'm not worthy" Obama, the bottom line is that we need to drop a megabomb outside of Mogadishu and show the Somalis that if they can't control their homegrown terrorists, then we'll do it for them, and send them back to the 2nd century B.C. in the process. I cannot even begin to fathom how we have gotten into a mindset to allow the turds of the world (read Somalia and Iran and North Korea) make the major world powers bristle and shake in their white kneehighs and MaryJanes. Is this the "change" we voted for?
I still remember in the years of Ronald Reagan that Libya was making a nuisance of itself by terrorizing the international skies. The United States went in, gave sufficient warning for the Libyans to "cut it out or else." The Libyans didn't. Instead of speaking softly (that is, babbling continuously incoherently) and threatening to carry a big stick, we simply went in, gave the Libyans sufficient warning that they were about to be attacked, and spoke very loudly with a very large bomb that decimated the country's Navy and other installations. The Libyans responded by shooting off some SCUD missiles with a peashooter which missed horribly. The Libyans eventually came to their senses that they could get whacked again, acknowledged their wrongdoings and themselves went after international terrorist, Abu Nidal, and compensated the victims of their terrorist acts. And now, since they have shown their civility, Libya is prospering as it enters the normal world of civilized countries.
The United States still has a score to settle with Somalia after the torture and killing of several American soldiers in 1993 in the Battle of Moghadishu where a Blackhawk helicopter was downed and the soldiers aboard were taken hostage and tied to the back of a jeep and dragged to their deaths through Moghadishu.
But of course, now that we have evidence that our esteemed President is more interested in giving landmark speeches in the middle of marketplaces throughout Europe with well-written applause lines to gain him the adoration of the unwashed masses, saying how the U.S. is a horrible and arrogant country, and bows to misogynist rulers (King Fahd of Saudia Arabia) of misogynist countries, I don't see the situation with the Somali pirates ending anytime soon, or anytime positively.
How can pirates be stopped?
An American warship, the USS Bainbridge, has reached the area off the coast of Somalia where a cargo ship was seized by pirates a day earlier. How can the pirates be defeated?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the government was following the situation very closely and urged the world to act to end the "scourge" of piracy.
Pirate attacks have been increasing rapidly in recent years - more than 130 incidents were reported in 2008, which has cost the world an estimated $60 - 70m.
How can one of the world's most important shipping lanes be protected? What's the long-term solution to the problem?
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