What should be done to combat piracy?
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What should be done to combat piracy?
There's certainly nothing the Royal Navy could do. As you'll remember in 2007, they were obliged to surrender to an aggressive group of Iranian pirates because defending themselves could have upset certain groups in Britain. So forget about sending them to board a tanker, that would probably constitute an infringement on the Somali pirates' human rights and be harmful to our oh-so precious "multicultural" worldview.
What should be done to combat piracy?
Civilised nations should put aside the niceties of international law & the law relating to 'Somalian' territorial waters because there is no government there: go in & take out the nest of pirates, much like what we used to do with the priates of the Carribean in the 18c-19c. Or simply blow them out of the water. The problem will be solved overnight. When the law is not observed or upheld it is a free for all. And we are justified to protect our interests.
What should be done to combat piracy?
how long before the usual suspects start to tell us that we need to respect these pirate's "human rights"? Back when Britain had a navy we could be proud of nobody would dare attack our shipping because they knew what was coming if they tried it - death. Now anyone feels they can have a go - Iran, Somailia, and all we do is line up to say sorry. Increase warship patrols and have a zero-tolerance policy on pirates, it's easy to kill them faster than they breed and stop people giving them ransoms
What should be done to combat piracy?
I do not understand why lethal force is not used immediately against the perpetrators and their bases.
Is there some political accommodation somewhere that we don't know of that is protecting these terrorists?
As Israel has repeatedly shown, such terrorists understand only one thing and the lives of those involved has to be balanced against the long term risk to others.
Take them out, and now!
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