Mark Fleagle

Somalia Pirate Situation: Should The US Military Get Involved?



Posted: Monday, April 13, 2009

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I am writing this article to pursue discussion on whether there should be US Military involvement with the pirate situation off the coast of Somalia. I am a US Army veteran and my views are pro Military and I am a strong supporter of the US Armed Forces. In my opinion quite frankly the Situation with pirates has gotten out of hand. These criminals and thugs have gotten away with murder and kidnapping way to long. Here's the question i pose to you: If a marine vessel is flying the Flag of the United states of America and it is attacked, high jacked or anyway interfered with in doing it's normal business operations how should the US government respond? With military force an diplomacy, With Military force only, Or no US Military response and only diplomacy. These are the discussion questions I pose to you.

Now here's my opinion to the Somalia pirate situation and I am going to use the crisis that has been resolved with Captain Richard Philip's and his ship the Maersk Alabama as case in point. I believe that President Obama acted justly in using Military force to rescue Captain Philip's from the hands of pirates by using a US Navy seal team in response to the Captains kidnapping. The President Obama exhausted all diplomatic negations first before he used military force. He used resources from the FBI for negation advice while he gave the orders to the US Navy if at any time it looked like the situation was so bad that Captain Philip's situation was so dire that is his life was was in immediate and grave danger, then use all means to try and save his life. I agree totally how this situation with the Somali Pirates was handled and if these same steps were used with any other attacks on any US ships I would be in total agreement. I would appreciate any and all views on this subject Please sound off by commenting on the article.

Sincerely, Mark Fleagle Silver Level author at SearchWarp.com
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