Kenology said:
Kasz216 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Kasz216 said:
This doesn't happen on a frequent basis. This is the first time an American ship has been attacked by pirates in nearly 200 years
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Pirate attacks in Africa do especially Nigeria and Somalia waters.
Pirate attacks against US vessels... are a function of how often US vessels go into those waters more likely than what flag they're flying.
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We go there... a lot. I mean we're one of the leading sources of aid to Africa.
I mean we already were and Bush tripled the amount.
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Unfortunately he also quadrupled the structural adjustment shackles stipulations...
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The africans didn't seem to mind much. He had some unheard of approval ratings on the continent.
Like the 80% range. I'm not even sure when the last time was that we liked our own president that much.