Monday, February 28, 2011
Yacht to make landfall in Somalia
Just recently two couples from California were captured by Somalian pirates in the Arabian Sea. Another weight on America. What do you think the USA should do? because time is ticking and the pirates are close to the coast of Somalia. The pirates have been known for torturing their victims and making a lot of cashola. They hold 660 captives and these are the first American captives. This will set the tone for America with the Somalia Pirates if they end up paying ransom or doing whatever they do. This causes a catch-22 because if we pay for their release it will be an incentive for them to do it again. Just like when the Somalian pirates hijacked an oil tanker from Oman and another one from Italy. It is said 40% of shipbound oil passes through the Gulf of Aden where Somalia is. Those people have a big source. They also earn 10's of millions of dollars in ransom. It is a good business for them but America needs to get smart and do something as our gas prices goes up. Even Arco is getting expensive. And hopefully the couples from California get rescued before they hit land
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Sorry to say, but these two couples were killed in an exchange last week involving US Navy and Somalian pirates with 15 pirates being taken hostage. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022207307.html)
On another note, the Gulf of Aden is an area very vital to the mobility of goods throughout the world, especially the trade of oil and other goods. It is sad to see that piracy is still prevalent in the 21st Century, but some people do have to make a living, sadly at the the expense of others.
Yeah I know
Wow this is is depressing. I think America should respond to the attacks with force and should do something about the killings. I think (as Jonathan said) that the oil business is a harsh one but is a living for some people and whether or not they do it ethically is another question... However, we need to fire back indirectly by using more alternative fuels and not paying into the economy overseas as a sort of protest against the attacks and rising prices.
Alex has a good point we should use alternative fuels rather than just oil. We are paying up the nose for that oil and now it's hurting lives. It will also benefit the world (very green friendly) not just money. Just recently four people were kidnapped it was a family I believe with kids. This is horrible. I wonder what they were thinking and why they took the risk.
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