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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Sounds like some global agency or advocacy group needs to go to 'the source' as it were, and find out what they can do, if at all possible to provide an income for these people to cut down the acts of piracy that's going on.
On the flipside of that, the Somalis and whomever else in on this may find this more lucrative (altho more hazardous) than working legit.
I mean there are at least 12 confirmed other ships and their crews out there where they are just waiting for a payday...sounds like Mexico kidnappings all over again.
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If there are no NGOs there right now, I think it's safe to assume that they either consider the country too dangerous or too corrupt [or both] to benefit from the services of an NGO. I do understand that western powers have attempted (unsuccessfully) several times to colonize Somalia and Ethiopia. The countries are full of veteran guerilla fighters who are completely loyal to their tribes/warlords/whatever. I don't think the cost-benefit analysis of trying to control the country via military occupation is something that's going to work out. Nor do I think that we can pour money into NGOs and other relief agencies and expect anything to happen (besides warlords siphoning everything away).
Sadly, I think the best option here is simply level all of their port towns and destroy any large ships in the country. The people in this country, due to the political and social issues there, I think are beyond our help.
Isn't that essentially what we did to the Barbary Pirates way back when? Destroyed their ports/fleets?