Somali Pirates

[paul.deitch]

Any one else noticed that the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" seem to be showing how pirates should be dealt with while apparently the US navy with the help of the FBI negotiators seems to shy of engaging and is considering letting village elders take the pirates safely home?

[paul.deitch]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7994201.stm

French attacked two other sets of pirates successfully without any losses.

[paul.deitch]

Have you noticed that I specifically chose "the Lounge" to post this and it was removed. Moderation gone mad - bring back the old format please.