I Am Not Alone
Peter Worthington , a columnist with the Toronto Sun, apparently has some of the same instincts I do when it comes to dealing with modern day pirates. From a recent FrumForum blog post on dealing with pirates:
"As long as ransoms are paid, piracy will continue. Last year, U.S. Navy SEALS shot and killed three pirates holding the skipper of an American ship, the Maersk Alabama, and rescued him.
"Yet in another incident, the Dutch navy captured pirates and freed 20 hostages – and then let the pirates go. Like Canada, the Dutch felt they had no legal right to hold the pirates – an attitude that hardly dissuades piracy.
"At least the American solution results in three fewer pirates in the Gulf of Aden, and is something the civilized world might consider dealing with in the coming year."
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