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| 2009-04-12 | |
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #6 "If there was any kind of effort to move ashore, if I was making any recommendations, it would be to ensure it's a multi-lateral approach…sanctioned by the UN.” Apparently Mr. Patch is another typical self- declared expert looking for relevance. UN Resolution 1851, passed in December of 2008, already authorizes foreign states to "take all necessary measures that are appropriate in Somalia" to suppress "acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea." It specifically permits land based operations. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-04-12 12:01 |
| #5 Maybe our own American drug running gangs can diversify into piracy off New York, or Long Beach? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-12 09:08 |
| #4 'We're talking Coast Guard vessels, maybe peraps..... "Little ships, big ocean. Maybe, perhaps, possibly".... etc. Hand the mission off to the Coast Guard? Basketball College language Barry will be proud of. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-12 06:51 |
| #3 That should have read, Then we definitely have an unmanageable problem (with current containment tactics). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-04-12 03:53 |
| #2 Somali piracy may be a manageable problem (or it may not), but piracy and terrorism can and does quickly outstrip the resources available to control it. As long as the Somali pirates are seen to succeed we risk seeing, Eritrean piracy, Yemeni piracy, Sudanese piracy, Nigerian piracy, etc. The we definitely have an unmanageable problem (with current containment tactics). |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-04-12 03:52 |
| #1 I concur Sea. The article says the subject of the article was former Navy. From the mealy mouth of his opinions I suspect former JAG. |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-04-12 03:20 |