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Old 24th Feb 2012, 09:19
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Agaricus bisporus
 
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Anyway, back to the Pirates. The only certain solution is undoubtably economic, military means won't work all that well against Somalis. one of the most warlike people on the planet.

The solution is blindingly obvious. Stop bribing the pirates to continue being pirates with tens of Millions of dollars - that is simply criminally irresponsible insanity and is the sole and only cause of the problem. They only do it because we pay them to do it. End ransoms. End the piracy.
End of the problem.
And, incedentally, end voluntarily funding Al Shabab(?) a hideously unpleasant international terrorist organization because there is little doubt that they are behind this as a means of procuring the funds they need for their evil anti-western purposes.

Just how stupid can we be?

And to pre-empt the inevitable hand-wringing dimwits, no I wouldn't like it if it were my family being held to ransom but you can't solve the problem any other way. Omelette = breaking eggs. Do we want to end the piracy or not? Your choice.
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