European Union troops to carry war on pirates to Somalia

[Laworkerbee]

That would require a lot of coördination, re sovereignty issues, and all countries on said coastline needed to agree first. And then they need to invite/organise something to implement/enforce that agreement. It would take only one dissenter for it not to work.

Perfect example of idealism meeting reality

[badger11]

I think the Russian is best fit for this kind of job we should just ask them to do mission and pay them to save the cost

[muck]

Pirates have wooden legs, hooks and knives in their teeth, its easy.

Aye they're the ones with the ArrrrPGs, matie!

[TG211]

What ? No apologists ? awww, c'mon, someone please defend the poor pirates so I can laugh at them justifying piracy !!!

Good move, EU ! Problems don't solve themselves by looking at them and waiting !

[Nizark]

PLEASE don't waste expensive ordinance on these guys! Some dumb bombs from WWII would work just fine

[lords]

There is no mandate to prevent illegal fishing. It's quite irrelevant anyway. Somalis don't turn to piracy because they have a hard time fishing but because there are millions of dollars to make.

Arent they tracking where the money they get in ransom goes?? its easy to track millions of dollars flowing through somalia..

last time india took offensive and started detaining pirates, they started detaining indian worker even after paying ransom..they even hijacked a ship from the harbor of a gulf country..
hope this is a permanent solution..

[Ought Six]

One of our combat support ships(Abasalon or Esbern Share), observed a meeting in the desert, a couple of miles from beach. A clan specialized in piracy. Big tent's sent up, 30-40 vehicle's. 150-200 bad guys..

Too bad they didn't have promission for preemptive strikes , 3-4 Harpoon missiles and a couple of dozens 127mm shold have sorted that out.

When there is a big clan meeting with big tents, that generally means they have their families with them. Laying waste to an encampment full of women and children is considered bad form these days.

[archibald harry tuttle]

EU, NATO, Russia and others doing the same thing.
Why isn't it a combined/coordinated mission?

Russia claims the pirates are coordinated by mafias in the EU (says RT).

[muttbutt]

Russia claims the pirates are coordinated by mafias in the EU (says RT).

See...that was the main problem you had right there.

[archibald harry tuttle]

Somehow i get the idea that RT been from Russia is likely to get right what the Russian claims are. The question posed was why there is no combined mission. Russians (says RT) claim the piracy problem comes from europe, therefore its hard to sell a combined mission that way. That does not mean they are correct, just what their mindset regarding the issue is. Now i will help you with a diagnostic, you got wedge word syndrome, you saw RT and typed a programed reply without much analysis.

[muttbutt]

Somehow i get the idea that RT been from Russia is likely to get right what the Russian claims are. The question posed was why there is no combined mission. Russians (says RT) claim the piracy problem comes from europe, therefore its hard to sell a combined mission that way. That does not mean they are correct, just what their mindset regarding the issue is. Now i will help you with a diagnostic, you got wedge word syndrome, you saw RT and typed a programed reply without much analysis.

No...RT is full of ****e.
Having watched it for several years and the "experts" (Webster Tarpley, Alex Jones, David "I'm Jesus" Shayler )it parades and the "facts" (CIA/MI6 death squads are responsible for whats happening in Syria etc) it pumps out, I'm fairly confident I'm right.

Analysis done.

[ragnarok]

I hope that when the Eu goes ahead with this, that they make sure to stay persistent in eleminating piracy on the Somali coast. It would also be in the EU's interests to coordinate with the African Union troops stationed in Southern Somalia to help root out Al-Shabaab linked personnell working with the pirates.

[Leaper]

Finally! My battalion commander have been talking about a Somali mission for months now. Looks like it's finally gonna happened. Me happy

[kalerab]

Somehow i get the idea that RT been from Russia is likely to get right what the Russian claims are. The question posed was why there is no combined mission. Russians (says RT) claim the piracy problem comes from europe, therefore its hard to sell a combined mission that way. That does not mean they are correct, just what their mindset regarding the issue is. Now i will help you with a diagnostic, you got wedge word syndrome, you saw RT and typed a programed reply without much analysis.

So if I get it right, pirates arent controlled by local Somalian warlords but by Italians in suits. That sounds solid.

[Atlantic Friend]

I'm just curious, though I don't believe it is part of the mission I wonder, do the NATO navies keep Taiwanese poachers and others away from the coasts of African countries when they're on station? Many Asian fishing boats have been raping African waters for some time now.

There is international cooperation against illegal fishing (like in Antarctic waters), but no, I don't think the NATO/EU navies are policing the fisheries in African waters (unless there are bilateral agreements, always a possibility).