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What is needed is a functioning Somali government to secure the coastlines.  Piracy can only exist if there are places for the pirates to dock and sell their stuff, and a huge swath of coastline uncontrolled by any functioning government in a strategically vital shipping lane is an obvious place for pirates to appear.

Too bad the US decided that the apparently functioning Islamic Courts Union wasn't good enough, and decided to destroy it.

by Zwackus on Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 at 05:58:20 AM EST
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True, but having a carrier group patrolling the sea lanes off the coast of Somalia might be a reasonable stop-gap measure.

On the US' role as the worlds creator of failed states, what is there to say?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 3rd, 2008 at 06:02:24 AM EST
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