In 1800, the US government paid huge bribes to the Barbary Pirates. Then the newly-elected President Jefferson, with Congressional support, directed the US Navy to fight and defeat the pirates (hence the Marines hymn’s reference to ‘the shores of Tripoli’).
The Obama administration should order an attack on the Somali pirates currently demanding ransom for the $100M Saudi oil tanker. After all, American drivers will be the ones really paying the ransom even if the Saudis are ones peeling off the crisp ‘Benjamins’. No need to occupy anything and it would deprive Islamists of major revenue (Hitchens likens pirates to terrorists.) What better use for our 10 aircraft carriers? Maybe a good, bipartisan opportunity to throw some work Colin’s way.
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