Given the latest hijacking with the American captain being held hostage I thought I'd bump this thread. I saw this video on CBC the other night:
http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/vide...f_somalia.html
When you think of the desperation that the people in Somalia have - with their children dying of malnutrition, the lack of any kind of medical/health treatment.... I have said in other places that I understand the desperation that drive these people to work for the warlords that organize these raids and supply the weapons. I have been chastised and condemned as a supporter of the violence and of condoning their actions. But I don't condone the actions - I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FEEL THERE IS NO CHOICE. When you have to choose between kidnapping a stranger and providing food for your starving children, I can understand why they have turned to working for the warlords.