"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:55:28 -0400, Eisboch wrote:

The primary objective right now is to save the civilian hostage if at
all possible.
Once accomplished, it will be time to minimize future occurrences.

Something that seems to be overlooked here, historically, the Somali
pirates have taken great pains to avoid killing their hostages. They
seem to take a "businesslike" approach to piracy. It's about the
ransom. On the other hand, in the Straits of Malacca, piracy is about
the cargo or ship. Crews regularly go "missing" overboard.

So if I rape your daughter, but be careful not to kill her, that makes me
good?

Or if I wait until your house is empty before looting it, that makes me
good?

We should NEVER fall into the trap of rationalising a prirate/terrorists
actions while in the act of perpetrating the crime as is in this case. The
lives of the pirates are not worth a cent.

Before we go hastily slaughtering people, we may want to consider the
unintended consequences of our actions. Remember the Islamic Courts
Union? Well, they had ended piracy in the waters under their control.
Perhaps, we should have considered that before we aided Ethiopia's
invasion of Somalia. I've said it before, if you want to play
geopolitical chess, you had better be able to see more than two moves
ahead.

If you want Sharia law, go live there. It is a Muslim country. If they are
against piracy, it sure fools the rest of us.