Should the international community use ground forces to clean up pirate hideouts?

[Renew Deal]

Poll question: Should the international community use ground forces to clean up pirate hideouts?

Name your nations, but the most likely to participate are the US, England, India, other NATO nations...

[cloudbase]

1. The last ground incursion in Somalia

wasn't exactly a success.

[On the Road]

6. Yeah, But Clinton Didn't Go Over

to that part of the world and start hugging people. That means a lot in terms of fighting pirates. Ask Thomas Jefferson -- he was the last president who had any success at it.

[MadMaddie]

2. I would say no

I would also say that it is time for the different governments to come up with a plan to start arming freighters. As far as Cruise Ships they may have to do it too.

If the pirates want to attack ships then they can get blown out of the water and become shark bait. That's all....

[Karmadillo]

3. No, but we should stop giving them all that bailout money. Oh. You meant

the other pirates. My bad.

[dysfunctional press]

4. the pirates are greeted as heroes in their home towns...

they tend to spread the wealth around.

what you're suggesting would lead to MASSIVE innocent bloodshed, and ill will.

[Renew Deal]

5. I'm not suggesting anything.

I'm just asking a question.

[dysfunctional press]

8. ahhh...

:eyes:

[hootinholler]

7. It's esentially why the Marines were formed.

At least it was a primary mission early on, you know, Shores of Tripoli and all that?

-Hoot

[rug]

9. The world is turning into a Popeye cartoon.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. That's a hard one to decide.