Comments on: Fighting Pirates With Privateers http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com/fighting-pirates-with-privateers/ Political Opinions Of, By, and For The People Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:15:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Political Apathy Needs to Stop | We The People Politics http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com/fighting-pirates-with-privateers/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Political Apathy Needs to Stop | We The People Politics Fri, 15 May 2009 22:25:10 +0000 http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com/?p=727#comment-716 [...] people should spend hours a day reading the news, but be informed. Know that there are options to dealing with the pirates other than just using the military. Know that the money we send in for taxes can be used for [...] [...] people should spend hours a day reading the news, but be informed. Know that there are options to dealing with the pirates other than just using the military. Know that the money we send in for taxes can be used for [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com/fighting-pirates-with-privateers/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Bryan Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:24:18 +0000 http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com/?p=727#comment-529 I think you hit the nail on the head with you're PMC point. If the whole situation was handled correctly, it could turn out to be a great venture/profitable one. But like you said, PMCs do often abuse their power which could in turn make our country itsself loke bad. I think we should def. flex our muscles against the pirates though. I've heard people say we should help fix the root of whats causing the piracy, which is basically the millions and millions of things wrong with Somalia (or the horn of africa in general). But honestly-that's not our problem, let Somalia deal with all that. In the mean time any act of hostility towards American ships (private,government,any) should be taken as a threat and dealt with accordingly. Just like they did with Captain Phillips. I think you hit the nail on the head with you’re PMC point. If the whole situation was handled correctly, it could turn out to be a great venture/profitable one. But like you said, PMCs do often abuse their power which could in turn make our country itsself loke bad.

I think we should def. flex our muscles against the pirates though. I’ve heard people say we should help fix the root of whats causing the piracy, which is basically the millions and millions of things wrong with Somalia (or the horn of africa in general). But honestly-that’s not our problem, let Somalia deal with all that. In the mean time any act of hostility towards American ships (private,government,any) should be taken as a threat and dealt with accordingly. Just like they did with Captain Phillips.

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