[Conservative Vermont Vet]

I wouldn't agree with that, at all. They are quite clearly your run-of-the-mill criminals. They aren't pirating to advance some 14th Century religious belief, or to protest against some political policy. They're pirating for cash, which is the motive of virtually every criminal.

Whether it's kidnapping for ransom in Columbia, stagecoach robberies on the great American frontier, or piracy on the Indian ocean, those crimes are all perpetrated by criminals, not people with a political agenda.

Might be useful to expand your horizons a bit and start doing a little due dilligence before spouting off with such inanities.

It has LONG been known that the Pirates in Somalia are either Islamic Jihadists themselves or supporters thereto.

See: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31458

[OldDeckHand]

"It has LONG been known that the Pirates in Somalia are either Islamic Jihadists themselves or supporters thereto."

Oh wow, you read that on blog, no less. I spent 25-years in navy law enforcement. My "horizons" are expanded just fine. Thanks anyways.

I don't care what god the Somali Pirates pray to, just like I don't care what god the Colombian drug lords, or wild west bandits prayed to. They, like the pirates, are engaging in a purely for-profit criminal enterprise.