Somali Pirates vow to fight US Navy

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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?

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.

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?