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youtube.com - 4/10/2009

Clinton: Piracy Is Funny -- Somalia Pirates Hold U.S. Captain (video)

— youtube.com — Hillary Clinton appears to think American Hostages and pirates seizing ships are a laughing matter. Perhaps we... can tax Hillary personally to pay for the U.S... (more) Clinton: Piracy Is Funny -- Somalia Pirates Hold U.S. ...

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crooksandliars.com - 4/13/2009

What The International Media Isn't Telling You About Somalia Pirates

— crooksandliars.com — Johann Hari from The Independent: In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have... been teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the ... (more) What The International Media Isn't Telling You About ...

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abcnews.go.com - 4/12/2009

Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots

— abcnews.go.com — The light wasn't good, the murky darkness of night just starting to lift. The sea was rolling,... making the targets move around as well as giving the shooters an unsteady platform. A miss could be disastrous. But the trio of Navy Seals who had been ... (more) Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots

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JULES CRITTENDEN AND JOHN KEEGAN on Piracy in the age of Obama. UPDATE: Administration debate….
Instapundit — JULES CRITTENDEN AND JOHN KEEGAN on Piracy in the age of Obama. UPDATE: Administration debate. Plus, a “not-so-subliminal message.” ...

The Somali Pirate Standoffs Continues
A Blog For All — ... the pirates from sending reinforcements. Of course, anyone paying attention knows that the real issue isn't the pirates on the high seas, but the failed state of Somalia and the safe havens that give those pirates refuge. To effectively eliminate the pirates you're going to have to engage in operations on the land of Somalia. You can be sure that the Obama Administration isn't going to pursue a strategy that leads to a Clintonesque Black Hawk Down redux . A complicating factor is that the ...

Pirates on Holy Saturday
The Anchoress — ... . Stupid Bush would have said, “just sink the pirate boats”, which would be the proper, efficient and meaningful response. Smart Obama ...

Piracy in the age of Obama; Why America must send a Message by playing Hardball Now
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Jules Crittenden has perhaps the most sensible post on how to handle the Somalian pirates that I have yet read: My own thoughts on this are similar to Keegan’s [article in the UK Telegraph]. Just sink the boats. Declare Somalia’s coast to be a no go for boats of any kind. Offshore or tied up at the dock. On trailers, on the beach. Send whatever airframes may be appropriate to the task … UAVs, helicopters, Warthogs, F-16s, whatever … and destroy every boat along the coast. Wait a day or two, repeat. Wait a week or two, repeat. Destroy any ...

Piracy in the age of Obama; Why America must send a Message by playing Hardball Now
The Discerning Texan — Jules Crittenden has perhaps the most sensible post on how to handle the Somalian pirates that I have yet read: My own thoughts on this are similar to Keegan’s [article in the UK Telegraph]. Just sink the boats. Declare Somalia’s coast to be a no go for boats of any kind. Offshore or tied up at the dock. On trailers, on the beach. Send whatever airframes may be appropriate to the task … UAVs, helicopters, Warthogs, F-16s, whatever … and destroy every boat along the coast. Wait a day or two, repeat. Wait a week or two, repeat. Destroy any ...