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Somalia, Piracy and Thoughts of Peace

Topic: PeacePublished June 9, 2009

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So: the most recent Somali-pirate stand off was resolved by the skillful shooting of the US snipers. Today’s news lets us know that, meanwhile, three more ships have been seized by the pirates' brethren, while the US mission to Somalia actually came under mortar fire as their plane left Mogadishu.nnThe problem with high-profile rescues of this sort, as achieved by the US and also by France, is that although they represent tremendous courage and resourcefulness the root problem is not being addressed. We willingly focus on the reactive and the dramatic, but we tend not to follow up with the important questions.nnFor now we’ve won one battle. And if we’re not careful in a week’s time we’ll think that the entire struggle can only be fought in this fashion.nnPeace and social justice (for pirates would not be pirates if they didn't have to be) will need a lighter touch than this.

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