Reply #36: I think the real issue is the mess that is Somalia.

[Jennicut]

I know we did nothing to help that situation at all over the years. I wonder what can be done as no one in the US has the stomach for sending ground troops anywhere these days. The public is split over Afganistan. These people would not turn to being Pirates if there was a real govt. in place and they could legitimately make money. On the other hand they are now making millions of dollars and its harder and harder to give up making quick money in large amounts for anything else.