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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
I understand your points but...if I remember correctly (and quite honestly I don't have time to track down all of that history so anyone who does can help) isn't it becaus eof Western colonization and de colonization mostly responsible for why these countries are in the shape they are now? My co worker (who is from South Africa) says so (doesn't make it so however but she has a lot of insight on this) and states because of this that these countries were left with scraps to fight over.
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Western colonization may be an indirect cause, but for the most part, as in many failed African states' cases, their problems are by and large self imposed. They had a working government for about a decade before they got caught up in some war over land with Ethiopia (note: never ever go to war with Ethiopia, those folks have a long, long history of dealing out ass kickings to major powers). After that, the government pretty much collapsed and never picked up steam again.
If I could name one issue which has been a major cause of failure (directly) in African states, I would have to say that tribalism is probably it and that colonialism makes a nice scapegoat, but c'mon... that was a long, long time ago. It's time for some of these countries to look within for their problems rather than to Western meddling in the early 20th century.
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With that said, then how much better are we making it further destroying and further destabalizing these countries by taking out their fleets and ports. How much better would it make the West look by doing that?
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Well, since the country as an entity really doesn't exist, I don't see how you can really make much of an argument that "they" have anything to do with those fleets and ports. And if a criminal enterprise is using the failed state as a cover to commit piracy, then eff 'em. Somalia had its shot and won't again until someone there emerges with enough power to really control a good piece of territory. An alternative might be to allow the piracy to continue so that whoever controls the coast might actually have a shot at becoming the new government? Who knows?
I'm glad this isn't my problem.