Thread: Is Toxic Waste Behind Somali Piracy?

In 1991, the government of Somalia - in the Horn of Africa - collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since - and many of the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country's food supply and dump nuclear waste in their seas.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann..._b_155147.html

What a remarkably biased story. I particulary like his reference to "mysterious European ships."

Not so mysterious that he doesn't know they are European eh?

I didn't read the article..I'm too lazy for that.

But I saw an interesting French documentary about this matter (I love those French documentaries) and according to that the pirates are former fisher that can't stand a chance against the big foreign fishing ships that basically clean the sea from fish.

Anything to excuse bad behavior huh?

I remembered reading this article from 2006 a while back. National Geographic calls it as they see it:

Modern Pirates Terrorize Seas With Guns and Grenades

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

Originally Posted by TexasBob

Tears well up in my eyes for those poor maltreated and misunderstood pirates.

Thats what i though when I read the story

there are various ways to approach a given problem and understanding it well is a good place to start. usually saves, a lot of time money, effort, lives, etc.

i have not read the article because i've heard of these issued before and i don't need another highly slanted representation of it.

i think using one's brain when reading history, news and so on is rather essential.

OK somebody is sending mixed signals here,


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann....

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Thomas Jefferson

You are quoting a Newspaper..... well sort of a newspaper....

and then you are quoting TJ

Soooooooo what is the point you are trying to make here????????