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Bolton Calls For Coalition Of The Willing To Invade Somalia (video)
youtube.com - 4/13/2009
Bolton Calls For Coalition Of The Willing To Invade Somalia (video)
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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/13/bolton-somalia-war
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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julescrittenden.com - 4/11/2009
Piracy In The Age Of Obama
— julescrittenden.com — John Keegan on the need to start hunting down pirates. UK Telegraph: our campaign must be ruthless... and pitiless: pirate ships must be sunk on sight and the crews left to swim to safety, if it can be reached. Many would complain about such tactics ... (more) Piracy In The Age Of Obama

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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/13/2009
Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean
— corner.nationalreview.com — Following the freeing of American ship captain Richard Phillips from a band of Somali pirates Sunday, commentators... have turned their attention to what can be done to control and prevent future piracy. The solutions suggested so far are what you might ... (more) Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Monday, April 13, 2009
The Latest on Air America — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Monday, April 13, 2009

Bolton Calls Invading Somalia With A ‘Coalition Of The Willing’ ‘The Prudential Response’ To Piracy
Think Progress — Yesterday, the Navy Seals launched a daring and successful effort to free the American cargo ship captain who had been held hostage by Somali pirates for five days, killing three pirates. Throughout last week, some conservatives used the hostage situation to lobby for military action and massive defense spending on irrelevant weapons. At the forefront of the calls for war was, unsurprisingly, former U.N. Ambassador and perpetual war-monger John Bolton. Even after the successful rescue of the American hostage, Bolton endorsed a ground invasion of Somalia this morning on Fox News: FOX HOST: Ambassador, if you were serving in this ...

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