Pirates and the Carribean

There was this rescue and take over mission by the SEAL special forces of South Korea aboard a ship that was hijacked by pirates.

It seems like someone has been playing to much Call of Duty Black Ops, but still, gutsy move.

The decision to give the signal for this type of mission must have been hard to do.  It put the lives of the crew in harms way along with the soldiers.

It was the better decision to make at the end of the day.  Besides killing most of the pirates, capturing five of them and only having to deal with a non-lethal shot in the stomach of the ship's skipper, that's a success.

This type of action sends to the pirates that this is not a pleasurable way of life as for negotiating is becoming more scarce.

Also, a new Pirates of the Caribbean (On Stranger Tides) in coming out this year!

Pirates; The Solution

Pirates are a problem around Africa, Indonesia, and South America especially in the recent years. We are not talking about Captain Kid, or Sparrow, but modern gangs that have corrupted the local governments and taking over massive cargo and freight ships worth hundreds of millions.

Over the last couple of days, Blackwater, a military private contractor, bought a boat and a crew to help protect these ships. They will organize the ships into fleets to intimidate the pirates.

The US takes on the same policy with the pirates as they do with terrorists, do not negotiate. There should be no compromises with these and that the harbors around the hot spots of pirating should be inspected and gone through to get rid of the threat, while at the same time issuing humanitarian aid so that this way of life should not be an option.