Johnny Depp Ward became the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow Birdy and converted to Islam… in the late 16th century.
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aziz
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johnpi
Rush Limbaugh mashes together some of his right-wing cliches and boogymen to conclude that Somali pirates are just like alot of Americans.
“These people have an entitlement mentality. I could have sworn that they are originally Americans who maybe fled. Maybe they were illegal immigrants or something who got here, come here with an entitlement mentality, didn’t like it, fled the scene because Republicans drove them out of the country in the last election, so they went over to Somalia and started pirating things. Because they have the attitude of entitlement just like a lot of American citizens do.”
Rush is so anti-American.
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aziz
I’m a little alarmed by the crazy rhetoric about Somali pirates of late. Yes, they are dangerous criminals. But do they really warrant this much attention? From what digging I’ve been doing, I think it looks like they are a distraction from more important issues. If the navies of the world sent to the Gulf of Aden were to also make some effort a stopping illegal fishing in Somali waters that woudl probably do more to cut piracy down than any sustained armada.
Arr.
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Willow
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Dan
Excellent post, I’m glad you referenced the good Hari article. I’m really disappointed in most of the blogworld left (yglesias et al) as well, who seem to be ignoring some of the causual and perpetuative reasons for the piracy.
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Abu Noor Al-Irlandee
I am happy that the captain is safe, and I know that’s a part of the reason for the reaction, but yes it has to be a little disturbing to see all the chest thumping over the most powerful military in the history of the world killing some desperately poor teenagers.
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aziz
Forget about Ninjas vs Pirates. Islamists vs Pirates is way cooler. Plus, we get that whole ninjabi convergence…
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aziz
Somali pirates are getting bolder – their latest prize? A Saudi Aramco-owned supertanker, hijacked off the coast of Kenya.
As it happens, there’s a good precedent for using anti-piracy laws to fight terrorism.
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thabet
Wouldn’t surprise me if this is an inside job.
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Willow
What makes you think so?
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thabet
It is probably just a conincidence that an oil tanker bound for the US is hijacked the very week OPEC countries are watching the oil price slide down towards the $50 mark.
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Dan, and 
thabet and 
On the other hand, I can’t help but point out that you and I reported on the piracy problem in Somalia almost 2 years ago at old CoB and Eteraz’s old blog.
We get no credit on the high seas of media, arr.