Is millions of square kilometers of water.  It would be nearly impossible to monitor, let alone cost billions.  The best solution is most likely a combination of things.  First you have to stop dumping toxins in Somolia's water.  Next you have to try to help stablize Somolia.  The best thing to do is to provide jobs so that pirating becomes less apealling.  Next you have to take out the pirate towns as long as they have a safe haven they will continue to do this.  Finally you can not have anyone pay ransoms as long as there is a reward in it they will continue to do it.  The most important part of this Carrot and Stick strategy is the Carrot.  What will not work is only using military strength to try to solve the problem.  This strategy should prevent future generations from resorting to piracy and should slow the ammount of piracy in the Indian Ocean.  Alternitivly you could pay ransoms forever, the downside to the first stategy is while you will fix the problem you will cause many deaths and the question is, is paying 150 million a year and having no one die better than solving the problem but having many people die in the process.

by Suiseiseki on 04/15/2009 07:07:45 PM EST