This column is circulating in the uber-liberal blogosphere, my mom's email list, my brother's facebook page and various other subversive centers for Un-American Activities. In all seriousness though, the fishing stuff is true (except that Asian nations are just as guilty as the Europeans he mentioned). I couldn't find verification on what I would call an impartial news source (someoone please send it to me if you have one!) on the nuclear waste dumping and the Italian mafia, although it certainly wouldn't surprise me.
None of this suggests we should turn the other cheek to piracy or that Easter Sunday's dramatic rescue was not warranted. It is just further proof that what happens in God-forsaken countries halfway across the world eventually will have some effect on us (this piracy story is not over, not by a long shot). Somalia hasn't had a functioning government in about 20 years (maybe longer?) and the piracy is not a result of some intrinsic "evil-doers" or "terrorists"rising on orders from Satan himself to attack America and All-Things-Good - but rather a predictable consequence of the poverty and lawlessness that has racked that nation for this extended period of time.
Something to chew on.
None of this suggests we should turn the other cheek to piracy or that Easter Sunday's dramatic rescue was not warranted. It is just further proof that what happens in God-forsaken countries halfway across the world eventually will have some effect on us (this piracy story is not over, not by a long shot). Somalia hasn't had a functioning government in about 20 years (maybe longer?) and the piracy is not a result of some intrinsic "evil-doers" or "terrorists"rising on orders from Satan himself to attack America and All-Things-Good - but rather a predictable consequence of the poverty and lawlessness that has racked that nation for this extended period of time.
Something to chew on.
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