Despite being characterized as
cheeze-eating surrender monkeys with a love for
tiny clove cigarettes and women with hairy armpits, the French are actually taking an active role in pirate suppression off the coast of Africa. French navy officials announced they
captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya. Even before the U.S. Navy freed Richard Phillips and killed three Somali pirates, the French were taking a more aggressive stance, having recently
stormed a vessel, killing a pirate. This time they captured a 30-foot long "mother ship" loaded up with a potentially explosive combination of
weapons and fuel. But according to Somalia's Minister for International Co-operation, Abdlrahman Warsame, the real problem of piracy can
only be solved on land. As long as the situation in Somalia remains chaotic, piracy will remain. The French approach may yet be a problem
rather than a solution.
Despite being characterized as cheeze-eating surrender monkeys with a love for tiny clove cigarettes and women with hairy armpits, the French are actually taking an active role in pirate suppression off the coast of Africa. French navy officials announced they captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya. Even before the U.S. Navy freed Richard Phillips and killed three Somali pirates, the French were taking a more aggressive stance, having recently stormed a vessel, killing a pirate. This time they captured a 30-foot long "mother ship" loaded up with a potentially explosive combination of weapons and fuel. But according to Somalia's Minister for International Co-operation, Abdlrahman Warsame, the real problem of piracy can only be solved on land. As long as the situation in Somalia remains chaotic, piracy will remain. The French approach may yet be a problem rather than a solution.
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