From Foreign Policy Blog:
When I asked Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper what one would need to eliminate piracy off the Somali coast, he answered with a question: are you fighting them on land or at sea?
Over the weekend, it seems the Bush Administration answered: both.
In addition to the international vessels patrolling offshore, a U.S. resolution is already circulating in the United Nations Security Council calling for a limited UN Peacekeeping Force to bring stability to the East-African nation. The United States also wants Ethiopian troops to stay through the U.S. presidential transition. And they'd like to add Eritrea, Ethopia's breakaway neighbor and favorite adversary, to its State Sponsors of Terrorism List.
Talk about a hard sell.
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My Comment: Its like the plague .... no one wants to touch it.