Sexy pirates here to stay

Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 4:42 PM Share

No wonder we can't get rid of pirates. They are sexy.

Farhat Hussameddin, in an editorial in Egypt's al-Ahram newspaper, says he was told by a young lady that "marrying a pirate is every Somali girl's dream":

He has power, money, immunity, the weapons to defend the tribe and funds to give to the militias in civil war."

Um, sounds good to me....?

In other pirate news, NATO is sending a flotilla to the Somali coast, but its rules of engagement are unclear. Particularly difficult will be distinguishing those hotcake pirates from ordinary, hum-drum fishermen bachelors.

(Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)

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RESTON75

12:56 PM ET

October 25, 2008

Black Hawk Down - The Sequel

Sounds like we are going to have a repeat of the fiasco in Somolia the we encountered under Clinton's 'leadership'.

"NATO is sending a flotilla to the Somali coast, but its rules of engagement are unclear."

As soon as Obama comes in, he will be tested. I fear Obama will send them in with their hands tied the way that Clinton did.

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