Pirates of Somalia
April 13th, 2009 Posted in UncategorizedHere is a little news clip from CNN:
The story
Two pirates in Somalia vowed revenge Monday, after the U.S. military killed three pirates and freed a U.S. ship captain who had been held hostage for several days.
The pirates told a Somali journalist that they were angered by the U.S. action, as well as a French raid Friday that killed two pirates and one hostage and freed four hostages.
“We have decided to kill U.S. and French sailors if they happen to be among our future hostages,” said Abdullahi Ahmed, a member of a pirate group based at Harardhere, a coastal town in central Somalia.
Seriously! They are angered about how the US handled this! Why is the “media” even talking to them? Do they have any suggestions on how the President should deal with future hostage situations?
If the US was not held to such an unreasonable ethical standard we could go on a pirate killing spree and save future American lives…
-mike