Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
It's to compensate for the fact that what you suggest is easily militarily possible but politically precluded. Unfortunately. Shouldn't be, perhaps -- but is.
I wonder why.

Somalia is a failed state with no state control over the sanctuary areas ... yet the US will act by conducting operations into the heart of a prime Pakistani military cantonment area.

So it is not a political problem preventing action against Somali pirate sanctuary areas but rather a lack of will.