that's what I was wondering... last time we had one of these "imminent threat" drumbeats we invaded somebody.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:295164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
