Doing the Right Thing in Somalia
An international stabilization force may well be what is needed in Somalia, but the tough groundwork will have to be laid first. And for this, the Somali people must be on board.
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Thank you for such an enlightening article! When the Somalis pirated an oil tanker, it seemed (at the time) to be an incredibly insane, desperate act. In light of this piece it starts to make sense. It is TRAGIC that the mainstream media didn't give ANY coverage of the Somalis' side.
thanks for the great article!
Great article
Very interesting article! You gotta love the typical hypocrisy and double standards of the West...just like how when we (or our Israeli proxies) kill an "enemy" it is fighting for "freedom and liberty", but when a desperate insurgent attacks us for occupying and destroying their country (and probably a few family members), they are terrorists. Killing is killing, piracy is piracy, theft is theft. We just do it more effectively in the US:
http://www.thepersonalispolitical.com/2009/01/you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates.html
Thanks so much for your eye-opening blog. Your research is well appreciated, and it smacks of truth. Why else would these "pirates" be taking on armed gun ships in their fishing boats?
I've also wondered where all that nuclear waste is being dumped. Incineration is the way to go, but most nations find it too expensive, and with incineration, and (if I remember correctly), you still end up with a residual 5% toxic goo that has a 150 million year half-life. They have to hide it somewhere, and it certainly won't be in their own backyards. What a bunch of greedy, immoral, blood-sucking, short-sighted morons these European nations are, to poison the defenseless Somalia and the world in this manner.
Outstanding work, Mr. Hari.
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