Spain appeals to NATO, US to help end Somali hostage crisis

AFP ^ | 4/21/08 | N/A

[Dog]

I guess surrendering to AQ after the train bombings didn't quite work out now did it.

Screw'em they bailed on us in Iraq....let them RESCUE their own people.

[Cicero]

Does the current government of Spain, which won election by pledging to pull out of Iraq, intend to take action? Or do they want “help” negotiating?

It’s time that the maritime community got together and dealt with these Somalis. If necessary, they should go in and, at the least, destroy all the small power boats along that coast, if the Somali government can’t or won’t control this piracy.

[Sherman Logan]

if the Somali government can’t or won’t control this piracy.

"Somali government?" That's funny!

[Chode]

NO!!! now go away...

[submarinerswife]

So, now that the socialist Spanish gov’t is in trouble, they call on the US military for help.

Does anyone think that we will be thanked by these same socialists after all is said and done?

[kingu]

All you gotta do is start keeping proper gear on your flagged vessels and the pirates will figure out that it's far easier to attack vessels of another flag.

[SmithL]

No,

but thanks for asking.

[omega4412]

Screw'em they bailed on us in Iraq....let them RESCUE their own people.

We even helped a North Korean vessel against the pirates. We should take any excuse to move against the pirates, especially Islamic pirates, especially Somali Islamic pirates. Make the ocean there a no-float zone for the Somalis.

[Polybius]

I guess surrendering to AQ after the train bombings didn't quite work out now did it. Screw'em they bailed on us in Iraq....let them RESCUE their own people.

It seems that a lot of people have forgotten that, in the last Congressional election, America's voters also gave control of both houses of Congress to the political party that wants to bail out of Iraq. We are now one Presidential election away from actually bailing out of Iraq.

Spain is almost evenly divided down the middle between those who want to fight against terrorism and those who want to turn tail and run. America is no different.

Those who want to fight against terrorism stick together regardless of what the cowards in any of the countries do.

[LibLieSlayer]

uumbassi and emkisi are smoking jungle reefer... ain't got no time for pirates... too many beheadings to get to, Christian Missionaries to torture and only so many hours in a day.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

If I were in the waters off of Somalia, I would have a 50 cal on the bow and a little something bigger stored below decks... just in case.

LLS

[Cicero]

"Somali government?" That's funny!

Such as it is.

I think we have an obligation to offer them a few days to clean things up before we do it ourselves. I wouldn't expect them to do anything, but it's only polite to ask.

[kingu]

If I were in the waters off of Somalia, I would have a 50 cal on the bow and a little something bigger stored below decks... just in case.

I have to admit, these pirate reports, and the general lack of action by most of the large navies in the area, makes me wonder - are the ships being attacked in or out of Somali waters? I know, I know, I shouldn't express doubt about news reports, but I've seen so many false reports about conservatives, I gotta wonder if sometimes they happen otherwise.

[Enchante]

wow, socialist weenies who usually spit on us have suddenly decided that they need us.......

we shouldn’t lift a finger on behalf of the wankers in Spain’s govt.

otoh, close to half the Spanish people are friends and not complete imbeciles like their PM, so anything that needs to be done we should do for THEM, and for the cause of clearing the seas of piracy.

[Night Hides Not]

Maybe they’d have a more robust response if their Defense Minister wasn’t 7 months pregnant!

[Clock King]

Yep. Let the Pregnant Pacifist figure this one out.

[kabar]

Spain is a member of NATO. We have military bases in Spain. Unlike many other NATO countries, Spain actually participated in Iraq militarily with 1400 troops and 11 KIAs. Spain has 742 troops in Afghanistan, but has, like the Germans, refused to send them to the south to fight.

Although I agree that Spain has not been the staunchest of allies, we would be foolish not to help them. It is in our vested interests to so as we operate on and near the horn of Africa.

[LibLieSlayer]

I have a bud in and out of that area at times. Somalia is the place... it's like the wild west for islamocrap.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

I don't know... her hormones get just right... she might nuke them!

LLS