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Originally Posted by Speakeasy
Yea, but from what I've heard, the US Navy isn't going to do dick about it, nor is the UN...or anyone else. Vela International, the owners of the tanker (I think, this is confusing, haha) seem to be sitting around waiting for some sort of ransom demand.
I read that incidence of pirate attacks has risen 31% since just last year. A big problem seems to be that the normal way of solving these things is simply paying off the ransom to the pirates, because as you said, things are usually worked out in as much of a peaceful manner as possible. Peaceful manner usually means "no consequences for the pirates". Should that change?
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Hmm when it comes to policy of how to deal with them....
Well they certainly shouldn't be allowed to get away with what they do but on the other hand if one of those gangs of pirates was protected by a government or country an attack against them could set off such a collamity of events we would literally see war errupt accross more than one ocean.
And yeah the attacks by pirates have increased lately and it irks me that they can lurk off the coasts of other nations' waters (before they make a move) without any ramification.
Because we're still in peacetime its difficult for the US Navy to increase its activities in international waters without opposition but if they were to do so maybe they could catch blackbeard and hook before they got a hold of a vessel?
Also there are the folks on the tanker and other captured vessels to think of too. What do you think? You'll be far more likely to come up with a more sensible solution that i would...
