Somali pirates, what would YOU do?

[Skandi]

What with all the pirate activity off of the Somali coast recently and the apparent inability of the combined Navies that are attempting to stop it to have a major effect.
The insurance companies have been adding a substantial surcharge for vessels travelling through the area, forcing Ships to go through the expensive Suez canal or take huge detours to avoid the area.

The British government announced today that it won't pay ransoms for the two crew presently being held, but ship owners have been paying out on vessels.

What would you do if you were in charge of bringing order to the area?

Personally I would blow all suspected boats out of the water on sight and not wait for them to show that they are definitely involved in piracy, fishing vessels rarely have 20 young men in them!

[Loki]

Absolutely agreed! We've been treating these subhuman pirates with kid gloves!

NATO and Russia have enough firepower to blow all those pirates off the planet, so why don't they do it? They even know where they are. What is preventing them? I think political correctness, and the fact that they are Africans ... hence untouchable.

[Æmeric]

Do what the Indian Navy just did, sink the pirate ships. Use deadly force. They are terrorists & criminals, treat them as such.

[Vulpix]

Another one for deadly force .

[Alison]

Consider if these were aeroplanes being hijacked...

[SwordoftheVistula]

Yeah, it's BS. Our entire navy is sitting in the Persian Gulf because of the 'threat Iran could cut off oil supplies', these pirates are actually doing it, and we do nothing.

[Skandi]

I'm feeling a little cynical but I guess your government is doing nothing because it isn't losing money over this, and also it would no doubt be unhappy about killing some precious blacks.

[SwordoftheVistula]

I should go become a pirate, it seems to be the only expanding career field in this economy

[Arrow Cross]

I certainly cannot mourn the financial loss of international corporations...they'll hire mercs to protect their ships and they'll either do so, or fail. I have no concern for this little naval drama.

[Revenant]

These days energy is linked to national security. I would chalk this one up to experience if it was up to me and cop the ransom. In future I would offer shipping companies that supplied my countries energy needs the services of our Navy where it might be likely they would be needed.