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9. "the only short term and practical way I see to eliminate the pirates may be the Russian approach."

Fri May 18, 2012, 12:05 PM

May 2012

So you're in favor of cold blooded murder as a deterrent to piracy?

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Land pirates: An EU force finally gets tough on Somali bandits [View all] yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 OP

Funny how the trend isn't to arm the crews... ellisonz May 2012 #1

Okay so why not more mercs then? ellisonz May 2012 #5

So you are good with foreign troops raiding in Somalia and the use of mercs? ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #6

I'm more academically intringued by the idea... ellisonz May 2012 #7

Look for a jump in ransom. Arctic Dave May 2012 #2

I do not see anyone screaming about the clear breach in national sovereignty... ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #4