Why was this not a world-wide problem for the last 100 years, and suddenly it is?
And why cannot the world put it back to where it was before? On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 no ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:295155 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
