Total Collapse Of Western Resolve

The Barking Moonbat has a piece on Somali pirates who hijacked a cargo ship yesterday,

MUSCAT, Oman, June 13 (UPI) -- A cargo vessel was hijacked off the coast of Oman by suspected Somali pirates in what is believed to be the first pirate attack in the area, officials said.

The MV Charelle, a small German-owned cargo vessel sailing under the Antigua and Barbuda flag, was attacked 60 nautical miles south of Sur on the Omani coast, Ecoterra reported Saturday.

[...] Pirates are currently holding 14 ships and more than 200 sailors, the BBC reported.

Drew threw a fit...

So what happened? The pirates were gunned down, right? Captured and hung? Or at least caught and then let go with a stern warning and a nice warm lunch? Not hardly. Not at all actually. With the combined navies of The United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, India, Iran, and probably Singapore just sitting around like leaky rubber ducks in a dirty bath tub, they let them go. With the stolen ship. All the way the hell back to Somalia. 1500 miles. Through the busiest international waters on the planet. Past all the navies of all the world. And nobody did a damn thing. Not. A. Thing.

Just think of it. Fourteen vessels and 200 sailors held for millions in ransom by a bunch of emaciated loons waving small arms and driving bassmaster fishing boats as fast as they can. We can't handle this?

OK. Western civilization is hanging in the balance here. The Visigoths are at the gates of Rome and we've got the Praetorian Guard armed and ready. Here's what we do.

Rescue the crews. Ohhhh what the hell, ransom them - get them out of harm's way because HARM is acomin'.

Reduce the coastline of Somalia to a charred ruin. Annihilate everything within five miles of the coast and any craft bigger than an innertube. Then salt the coast, annex it and use it for dumping nuclear waste, naval gunnery practise, whatever; just do the Carthage thing. Let the international community rant and rave - they're useless anyway. In a few months they'll be distracted by something else shiny and go off on baby seals, unicorns or porpoises. Meanwhile, international shipping can continue unmolested.

Done.