"In spite of the news media distancing the recent attack on a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia from global terrorism, intelligence experts believe this is just the latest operation initiated against the United States and the West by Al-Qaeda."The untrustworthiness of the Western news media is probably the single most dangerous threat to the world today.
If the people are not truthfully informed, they cannot make wise decisions.
The Western news media--and notably the American news media and its journalists--have failed miserably in their responsibility to inform the people and to their utter dishonor have allowed the news media to deteriorate into a mendacious propaganda machine.
Selective reporting.
The most interesting thing is the attack was carried out by open boats about 100 miles from shore. That type of boat, powered by two stroke gas outboard engines, just doesn't have a 200 mile range over open water. There had to be a base ship not far over the horizon directing the attack. This is a point the MSM has never brought up.
Worst of all, most of these attacks are entirely preventable. Several posters here have mentioned that many international shipping rules prevent civilian ships from arming themselves to repel such attacks. The US government should affirmatively encourage such arming and strongly pressure foreign governments to do the same. Then these attacks would be just about as rare as Texas, Tennessee, and Florida car jackings are, and for the same reason.