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Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 10:14 AM Share

Bret Stephens says to forget the rule of law, let's hang the Somali pirates.

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SAM

1:29 PM ET

November 25, 2008

captain jack sparrow

Somali Pirates = Palestinian Suicide Bombers = Iranians

yeah, let's hang them all! but wait a minute, Bush & Cheney are leaving the office! Oh that's bad! where's my anti-depression pill?

p.s. It's funny that the author has not addressed what these pirates have to say about their motivation, nowhere in the whole article. The only message is Look there is the Captain Flint and Palestinians and Iranians are like him!

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