Leave Africa Alone!

Did it dawn on you that those "pirates" would not be kidnapping, extorting and killing had these trespassers (from nations known to degrade their ecosystem and deprive them of their resources) had good sense to stay away from their territory? Instead of disrespecting their rights and pushing their buttons, why not simply keep out? Why should Nationalists and Patriots be punished for defending themselves?

There's nothing patriotic about attacking, kidnapping, and even murdering innocent people traveling through international waters. Pirates aren't doing it for their country, they're doing it for money. They are greedy, evil scumbags.

Those "pirates" have resorted to seizing ships and demanding ransom (their version of fines) for the sake of their nation. Had those foreign pirate ships, their various flag nations or the UN listened to the pleas of Somali vigilantes when they complained about constantly finding toxic wastes on their shores and unlawful fishing by foreign vessels, then may be they would not be playing jury, judge and executioner! Few months ago when BP had its oil spill on the Gulf, we were enraged and demanded blood! Imagine what it is like to constantly find toxic wastes on your shore and helplessly watch the degradation of your resources because some rogues who assume you ought to kiss their behinds are determined to violate your rights! By your definition, I guess the tea partiers are evil scumbags.

Yes, Libya is in Africa. Suspenseful, did you not hear Obama repeatedly threatening Gaddafi and demanding that the colonel resign? While I strongly believe that people over 70 should retire from public office, I however think this should be of the working of the nationals of a nation/country. I first want to go to Washington DC and get rid of all those 70+ tyrants and those DC terrorists threatening my rights as human!

Colonel Gaddafi is an observant and perceptive African, and not a man to be easily coerced. There have been various sanctions over the years against Libya; but the Colonel is not easily intimidated. While I may not agree with his tactics, colonel Gaddafi has good reasons for his disdain of "developed" nations attempting to dictate to his nation. The man knows and always remembers history and knows that the presence of Western nations in the Continent of Africa has always meant dictatorship and plundering: Most of Africa's civil unrest stems from constant meddling by developed nations. Neither Barack Obama nor any other nations has the authority to decide what ought to happen in another nation.

Get rid of those who took away the freedom. The trouble with Obama is that he just threatened Gaddaffi but he did not back it up. He could have used the fly over zone, cut out tourism to that nation, use economic reasons such as not buying any of their goods or shipping anything to Libya, but it was and is just empty words.

And this is meant to be news? Tsk, tsk, tsk!

I think there is plenty the West can do for Africa: Just leave Africa alone!

OMG! Taskr has his head on today!