Please let this be a hoax

[dburkhead]

Free Somali Pirate.com Usual stuff, how the Somali piracy is actually our fault and how we should be understanding of the kidnapping, theft, and murder committed by Somali pirates in general and the one we've captured in specific.

 

[AFA1CY]

So refresh my memory. Didn't Billy Bob Clinton send troops to Somalia to take care of all their problems? Do we still have troops there?

 

[4sarge]

Unfortunately, it's a sick joke on Americans

 

[eatsnopaste]

Not that it matters to me but have you noticed how the media is calling the captured pirate a "teenager" I haven't heard the others called anything other than "pirates" with the leader somewhere between 16 and 19...how old were the others...12, 13? of course anyone pointing an automatic weapon is fair game, just commenting on the lack of info or rather slanting of the info being disseminated

 

[jeremy]

Should have just sent him to meet Davy!

 

[SavageEagle]

That's sickening and stupid. Some people need strung up for crap like this.

Oh well, 1st amedment rights. As long as they don't try to free these idiots.

 

[BloodEclipse]

Should have just sent him to meet Davy!

I have been saying that all along. Pirates? What Pirates? I didn't see no stinking pirates.

 

[jeremy]

So refresh my memory. Didn't Billy Bob Clinton send troops to Somalia to take care of all their problems? Do we still have troops there?

Yes Billy Bob Clinton did send the Army to Somalia. It was possibly the most incompetent mission of all time. Not only was it under UN Command, but it was still ran by DC politicians.

 

[Fletch]

Not that it matters to me but have you noticed how the media is calling the captured pirate a "teenager" I haven't heard the others called anything other than "pirates" with the leader somewhere between 16 and 19...how old were the others...12, 13? of course anyone pointing an automatic weapon is fair game, just commenting on the lack of info or rather slanting of the info being disseminated

The sad fact is that child soldiers are commonplace in Africa. We should not be surprised if child pirates show up too. The really tough questions revolve around what can be done about them, whether they can be reformed and at what age. A 10-year-old with an AK47 is just as dangerous as a 20-year-old, but has somewhat more potential to be reformed. I don't know how old Abdul Wali-i-Musi is, and I don't really think he ought to be simply "freed", but it's faintly possible that he's got the potential to turn his life around.

 

[Flintlock]

The sad fact is that child soldiers are commonplace in Africa. We should not be surprised if child pirates show up too. The really tough questions revolve around what can be done about them, whether they can be reformed and at what age. A 10-year-old with an AK47 is just as dangerous as a 20-year-old, but has somewhat more potential to be reformed. I don't know how old Abdul Wali-i-Musi is, and I don't really think he ought to be simply "freed", but it's faintly possible that he's got the potential to turn his life around.

Agreed, but this site trys to pin the blame on US for THEIR problems. And that's a bunch of .

 

[Fletch]

Agreed, but this site trys to pin the blame on US for THEIR problems. And that's a bunch of .

Yeah, the "blame America first" thing does get old relatively fast. I just wanted to make the point that there's a middle ground between 18th-century "piracy is punishable by death" and "the USA makes good Africans go bad".

 

[Biggdogg]

Agreed, but this site trys to pin the blame on US for THEIR problems. And that's a bunch of .

Absolutely, and well put.

You will NEVER see that site talking about the few BILLION dollars that South Africa is spending on building new soccerr stadiums in order to host the World cup matches in a few years...last time I checked, South Africa is STILL on the African continent.
Also think there's an old adage of "Charity begins at HOME." or something to that affect...well, South Africa; meet Somalia.

 

[henktermaat]

The lefites are so predictable...

 

[cordex]

That site claims to be associated with: Uplift Our Community.org

FWIW

 

[dburkhead]

The thing is, even if the site is intended as a hoax/satire (and I don't know on that), it's so entirely plausible because that's exactly the kind of thing that comes out of so many of the left.

Yes, the right has its loons--so called by most on the right. What the right doesn't do, however, is grant them the kind of respectability that the left offers it's loons with half-hearted "while I don't agree with their extreme position, I can understand how they might yadda yadda yadda".

 

[SavageEagle]

The entrance to the site has emblems of it's supporters. 'Nuff said. No need to enter.

 

[dross]

So refresh my memory. Didn't Billy Bob Clinton send troops to Somalia to take care of all their problems? Do we still have troops there?

Actually, it was the first President Bush who sent them there. The mission crept during Clinton's presidency, and then it was Clinton who pulled out after the Black Hawk Down battle.

The problem with dealing with Somalia issues, is that they don't really even have a government. It's the wild, wild West out there.

 

[jeremy]

The problem with dealing with Somalia issues, is that they don't really even have a government. It's the wild, wild West out there.

That and the fact the good guys today, might just be the bad guys tomorrow.

 

[Biggdogg]

That and the fact the good guys today, might just be the bad guys tomorrow.

Hmmmm....ring any bells of post Afghanistan vs. Russia??

 

[jeremy]

Hell it rings bells of both Iraq and Afghanistan current day...