With African piracy gaining more and more attention by many news sources as well as costing shipping companies and navies great amounts of headaches and money, Kenya may have come up with a solution to deal with the pirates. No, it's not an army of ninjas, but something just as good if not better, an army of mercenaries. Kenya is currently in negotiations with Blackwater, yep, the same group of men that in Iraq stirred up a such a controversy. These guys play without rules, and now their job many be to help patrol Kenyan ships and coastlines against the like of Captain Jack and his band of marry men. I'm not a big fan of Blackwater, but this actually make sense. Pirates are nation less bands of raiders who will kill and plunder anything that comes across their paths, who would be better suited to handle them than Blackwater? Another nation less band of men who like to shoot things. Neither are protected by any international treaty or the U.N., so why not let them dispose of each other?
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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That's not exactly fair. The pirates don't have international impunity and their scandals are hoisted above their head with their flag, where as Blackwater's actions are suppressed for the interest of national security.
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