David Cameron says that the days of Somali Pirates that have blighted the Indian Ocean for the past decade may son be over as he announced a crack down on on the pirate "kingpins"and their illegal financial flows. Wouldn't it have been much easier and more efficient to have the military especially the Americans flying fighters from their carriers in the area to attack and sink these vessels. If the pirates drown tough luck. These pirate vessels that use to ply their trade 50 or so miles of the Somali coast are now travelling further out to sea by as much as 200 miles. A few months ago the Royal Navy intercepted and boarded a pirate vessel and arrested the crew of 12, then came the problem of who would jail them till they came to trial. Then the problem who would try them then the problem of if tried and found guilty who would hold them in their jails? Sink their boats and let them drown then these problems are eliminated. But more importantly it would send out a clear message to other Somali pirates that they risked the same fate By sinking the pirates ships, you cut off the so called "kingpins" finances at source. Problem clinically solved, with no innocent collateral damage.
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