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RJjr
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Turning on a Lamp
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During Hurrican Katrina, the news would show blacks stealing and call it "looting" but when whites were stealing, they called it "foraging."
Now, when some old men in Somalia send some young guys to highjack a ship for its oil, it's "piracy." When some old men in the USA send some young guys to highjack a nation for its oil, it's "protecting our freedom." |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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[What is your opinion of those who dump radioactive waste off Somalia's coast? And of those who violate their territorial waters and steal their fish, practically the only asset they have left after the US bombed them into oblivion in the 90's?
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My opinion is that it was a business transaction. The Somalis were paid for that.
Nor did the U.S bomb them into oblivion...do you even know what that word means? |
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RufusW
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| RJjr wrote: |
| Now, when some old men in Somalia send some young guys to highjack a ship for its oil, it's "piracy." When some old men in the USA send some young guys to highjack a nation for its oil, it's "protecting our freedom." |
I lol'd! |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
[What is your opinion of those who dump radioactive waste off Somalia's coast? And of those who violate their territorial waters and steal their fish, practically the only asset they have left after the US bombed them into oblivion in the 90's?
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My opinion is that it was a business transaction. The Somalis were paid for that. |
Once again, your opinion is wrong. They were paid for stealing their fish??? Got anything to document your folly?
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| Nor did the U.S bomb them into oblivion...do you even know what that word means? |
Well excuse me, Father O'Blivion! Trouble with metaphors?
Miss the forest for the trees, why don'cha? |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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Guess who trained the Somali pirates?
Western firms reap Somali piracy profits
News Africa
Many of the pirates operating off the coast of Somalia were given special forces-style training from Western firms, a special report by Al Jazeera has found.
Some security firms currently protecting shipping from the pirates had been engaged to train them a decade ago.
One company, Hart Security, coached trainees to be the "coastguard" of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region - providing protection from illegal fishing in the region.
In this exclusive report, Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan found that Western companies, involved at all levels of the business, can now expect to make up to half a million dollars from the average $2 million "ransom and release" contracts they are awarded to solve.
Three-minute video at link |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
[What is your opinion of those who dump radioactive waste off Somalia's coast? And of those who violate their territorial waters and steal their fish, practically the only asset they have left after the US bombed them into oblivion in the 90's?
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My opinion is that it was a business transaction. The Somalis were paid for that. |
Once again, your opinion is wrong. They were paid for stealing their fish??? Got anything to document your folly?
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They were paid to store the waste. |
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