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Old 02-23-2011, 03:09 AM   #34
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I said this in the last thread and got absolutely killed for it...

In 2006 the Islamic Courts were doing their best to bring Somalia out of it's 20 year chaos, including cracking down on the pirates:
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...as-135795.html

And then the west destroyed the one hope the country had at returning to civilization:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008...y-bombing-som/

And now our only solution is to kill desperate people that are under the control of the warlords. Given the alternatives in Somalia, I'm not so sure I'd choose "giving up and dying" vs living in luxury working as a pirate for one of the warlords. And for many in Somalia, that is the only choices they have.

Millions facing starvation:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...d-1859011.html
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