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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:36 AM Original message |
What should Obama do about the Somali "pirates"? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. After they get the boat captain back, they ought to confiscate the boat. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. so you support the death penalty for kidnapping? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. Their pirate buddies are already on their way to the scene. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. How about send some divers under the boat..? |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sure, but are they willing to do that on a weekly basis for the next 10 years? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is really heating up and has all the makings of Obama's first real crisis |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Jesus Christ. These idiots want to have a |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. "1st real crisis for Obama"?? Really? Seems like reversing many years of BushCo |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is Obama The Only One With This Problem? |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. This cargo ship is flying the American flag. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Interesting Radio Report... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. I hear what you are saying but in this instance, the pirates are holding hostage a U.S. citizen. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. This Is A Bit More Complex... |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is NOT a "foreign policy crisis." He should stay out of it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Oh, yes it is. Or it soon will be. |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Bullshit. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. you can delude yourself from not until whenever but that won't |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Please. Talk about self-deluding! |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. As CIC he controls the Navy, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. more and more ridiculous, |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Do "the shores of Trippoli" ring a bell |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Exactly. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. My guess is this set of pirates (if they get out of this alive) are going to catch hell |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. That crew |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Kill em! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Are you a "liberal"? |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. To every thing |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Interesting... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Yeah, god damn fuckin poor people deserve to die. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I completely disagree with the poster you're responding to |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. So, what makes them turn to piracy? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. well, let's see. It's profitable. And yes, Somalia is a c omplete mess |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I have to wonder if they would risk their lives to feed themselves if |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. up til now, the risk has been very minimal |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Helping to alleviate the poverty in the area |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Shoot Em up |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
79. Congratulations,President Obama! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. Offer them safe passage for the captain. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. He should load up all the loud mouth REPUGs |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Excellent idea! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Do we know how many "pirates" operate along the coast? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. In general, addressing the root causes of it would be a good way to go.... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Amen! Thank you for one voice of reason. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. And this ship was 350 miles outside of their waters. |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
76. They were bringing aid in the form of food. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Thank you for bringing some rationality to this discussion |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. These are not sympathetic people with a somehow just cause. They're fucking criminals |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. I do have sympathy for them |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. That's fine to think about the Somali people. But these pirates are .... well .... pirates. |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. What should Somalia do about it's pirates? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't think there is any government in Somalia? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. There is no government in Somalia |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Pirates do not, under any circumstance, constitute a "foreign policy crisis" |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Without being a nation, and lack of the effect of our place in the |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Actually they DO create a foreign policy issue |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. Not exactly a "crisis", but the pirates made a big mistake |
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mercuryblues (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. never listen to a neocon |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. Don't you think.... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. This would be an excellent opportunity for the U.N. to get off its ass and actually do something |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well the UN has already said that there is no "territorial water" when it comes to pursuing pirates |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. If only there were an existing, multi-national organiztion already set up that could coordinate |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. I wouldn't be surprised if the Obama admin. hasn't already got State Dept. people on this. |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. Pirates aren't a US-only problem. The UN should do something. |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
40. Blow up the mother ship |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. Hire them and get in on the action |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. lol |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
49. Slightly off topic: I'm curious, how often do these pirates actually kill someone? nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. not often and they reportedly treat hostages pretty well |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Which is the only reason they still operate without much international pressure |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
54. Maybe we could stop raping the third world. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Maybe the brainless reactive response that the U.S. is |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I never said anything about the US |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. That would be a good start. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
60. Bush would know what to do. He'd invade Bhutan. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
63. Write a musical number and take it to broadway? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. I think he should find some wealthy Somali bankers and give them a few |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. stupid is as stupid does |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. This is exactly what the administration should do: |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
78. What's up doc? |
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