01-02-2010, 10:06 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:Hell, NATO can't adequately police the shipping channel in international waters off the coast Somalia.
They prefer instead to have insurance companies pay off the Pirates under their hijack policies. It is customary for the pirates to provide a detailed breakdown of their costs and expenses of kidnapping ships and their crew to justify the ransom they ask for. This breakdown always includes the cost of ammunition supplies.
Thus we have ridiculous situation of pirates being paid for the ammo they use to kidnap totally innocent victims.
Since there is no financial incentive for he US and NATO to bring a very backward nation like Somalia to account, why should anyone believe they can effectively police the world - or even want to?
What they really want is to bully the world into submission and cherry pick the world's wealth as they deem fit, irrespective of international borders and international law.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, Dave...... great response!