Pirate hearings. Yeah, that's the ticket.
From The Hill:
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for hearings on the mounting piracy threat as the fate of an American cargo-ship captain remained in limbo Thursday.
"These acts of piracy off of Somalia’s coastline may seem surreal, but they’re all too real and a thorough policy debate is long overdue," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in a statement. "When Americans, including at least one from Massachusetts, are endangered, you’ve got a complicated and dangerous international situation brewing, and that includes questions about a hot-pursuit policy on Somalia’s coastline."
..."There have been more than 50 attacks in the area this year alone and the problem isn’t going away," Kerry said. "I plan to hold hearings to further examine the growing threat of piracy and all the policy options that need to be on the table before the next fire drill becomes an international incident with big implications.”
John Kerry wants to hold pirate hearings.
Terrific. I feel so much better.
I don't expect the pirate hearings to happen anytime soon. I believe the Leftists consider hearings on the crimes of Dick Cheney to be the top priority at the moment.
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This would be a great experiment in concealed carry. Let's just float the idea out to these pirates that the boats mayyyy or may not be carrying guns. Then we'll see if attacks increase or decrease. My guess would be that after the first Somali pirate ship is blown to hell the attacks would decrease. I'm not sure, but I think you call that a deterrent...but then again what the hell do I know? I'm no fancy politician from Massachusetts.
That's right, Dave. You're no fancy politician from Massachusetts, which explains why you're making sense.
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