I’ve noticed that every time something awful happens, there’s a crowd on FR that immediately launches into blame-the-victim mode and spews real cruelty and hatred - of the victims, not of the evil people who actually did the deed.
Maybe this couple should have been more prudent, but the idea that Muslim piracy is just one of those unavoidable things and we should all tailor our lives and travels to accomodate it is ridiculous and cowardly.
The US should come to the rescue of these people, if only to make the point that we are not going to let the seas be dominated by predatory marauders. They interfere not only with innocent tourists but have gotten so bold they are actually hampering ocean shipping, and the longer we tolerate it, the more lawless the seas will become.
That is why I would only go near there with the Russian Navy protection.
Accomplishing that task will require more courage than our current administration possesses.
The existence and spread of Islam depends to a large extent on this “blame the victim mode.”
Women even excuse the rape of their sisters by muslim animals, because, for example, their hair was showing.
Couldn’t be the muslim rapist’s fault, on no! Blame the victim, always.