--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote:
> Somali pirates attack French military flagship
>From the "Sucks to be you" school of international crime...
The f'ed up thing is, the captured pirates are 10,000% better off now that they
are in custody than they were free.
"Calmer waters allow pirates, who often operate in small fibreglass skiffs
towed out to sea by captured fishing vessels,"...
Am I the only one with pictures of the Raft sequence from Cryptonomicon in his
head? I'd love to see a Phalanx force one of the tow ships underwater, but
even that wouldn't get the "culprits" - they're the warlords staying on shore
sending kids out with guns and rustbuckets (can anyone say AC-130?).
With almost all of Asia joining the first world in the last few decades (sorry
NK and Burma) it's about time for Africa to stop being home to the worst places
on earth, though I have the sinking feeling it will be a few more decades
before we see that start to shape up. Start eating your wheaties if you want
to live long enough to see it.
-chris
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