> RoMunn wrote: > The question is not one of what should happen, but who has the political > will to make it happen. >
Lookee here quick-draw, this doesn't have shiz to do with "political will": 1.) The Navy can't patrol a million square miles of ocean 2.) Convoys have to be coordinated and thus would be massively expensive not to mention inconvenient 3.) Arming the crew is great-n-all but it will create an arms race with the pirates who'll just escalate what they did yesterday: rocket the bridge. That has the downside of damaging the ships and possibly blowing up an oil tanker, not to mention killing people. These cargo ships aren't made for combat. There just aren't many good options in this case if you don't want to spend crap-loads of money. Which is exactly why nobody has done anything up to now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295154 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
