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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (108499)	4/13/2009 1:40:02 AM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 541604

>> we will be paid for sending our troops into Iraq<< We were told that the oil in Iraq would pay for the war... but I never believed it. I still think cargo security is the job of the company for the most part. If there is piracy, then it is an international policing issue. The FBI takes care of hijacking here in the US under Interstate Commerce rules. Internationally, well, who's job is it? Seems like corporate security to me to first order. If they can't do it then the shippers must pay for safe passage just like travelers in 19th century England did. Highway taxes for CHP here in California permit me to arrive in LA when I drive because we have a police force that secures the highway. Armed escorts would put an end to petty pirates. As for root causes, why are things so effed up in Somalia? Well we did our part there too, haven't we? We walked away because sometimes the solution isn't more helicopters and machine guns. en.wikipedia.org