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ORIGINAL: luckydawg
And as to the silly slam at Bush Policy. There were
absolutly ZERO attacks by African Pirates, under Bush. Zero under Clinton, Bush 41, Reagan, Carter, all the way back to 1804.
Untill Obama, they didn't dare.
as happens so often, o59 is simply making shit up.
You know, even I'm starting to get embarrassed for you puppydawg:
About 30 Chinese rescued from pirate attack - CNN.com
Dec 17, 2008
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was at the United Nations on Tuesday for a discussion of the piracy problem and for the Security Council vote.  Watch how the United States hopes to fight piracy »
"I wouldn't be here seeking authorization to go ashore if the U.S. government -- perhaps most importantly the president of the United States -- were not behind this resolution," Rice said after the council vote.
Asked if she thought U.S. troops soon would be on land chasing pirates, Rice would not speculate.
"The United States is part of an international effort," she said. "We do have naval forces that have been involved in this effort. What this [resolution] does is to authorize that the boundary of the maritime cannot become a safe-haven boundary for pirates. What we do -- or do not do -- in issues like hot pursuit, we'll have to see ... case by case.
Earlier, in remarks to the Security Council, Rice described the growing problem of piracy as "a symptom of the instability, the poverty, the lawlessness that have plagued Somalia for the past two decades," adding that the Bush administration "does believe that the time has come for the United Nations to consider and authorize a peacekeeping operation."
Off Africa's coast, pirates 'out of control' - USATODAY.com
Nov 19, 2008
The Bush administration is trying to coordinate efforts to stop the pirates, although military officials say they can't stop all pirates because there are too many ships in a huge area to protect.
"We're working with other members of the Security Council right now to see if there are actions that we can do to more effectively fight against piracy and prevent it," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Wednesday.
Meantime, the pirates continue to operate with near impunity across broad swaths of the Indian Ocean. They often anchor their seized boats near the ungoverned Somali coast and wait for the ships' owners to pay increasingly lucrative ransoms.
This year, pirates have attacked at least 95 ships near Somalia, including 38 hijackings, Mukundan says. More than 740 crewmembers have been taken hostage. There has been one fatality, Middleton says, adding that he fears hijackings could become increasingly violent.
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