HeyBub wrote:

Matt wrote:
http://digg.com/world_news/American_...ffici al_says

Outstanding!

But you can't win this conflict on the sea, you have to destroy the
nest that's on land.

They've got one survivor. He can be encouraged to divulge their home
port which, about a half-hour later, should cease to exist. That's
what we did in 1802 and 1907. That's what we should do now.

The day in which it is possible to annihilate villages full of women and
children because some bad guys are based there is probably passed, at least
for America. So while this idea would probably be quite successful it isn't
about to happen. What might be effective is the use of Q-ships such as the
British invented in WWI. An assortment of helpless-looking commercial
vessels, yachts etc. concealing Special Forces teams augmented with some
heavier metal would result in pirate vessels never returning home and with
no explanation being apparent. The element of uncertainty would be
discouraging....

Of course so long as Somalia is a hell-hole with no effective government and
famine, disease etc. being commonplace then there will be no shortage of men
willing to risk all for almost unimaginable fortunes by their reckoning.