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Originally Posted by DaTruth
I copied sea of Hormuz from Riot. You know that she is always right. 
The U.S. Navy either goes after pirates aggressively or it doesn't. I don't think it does. We don't need naval vessels to track suspected pirates; we can depend on our eyes in the sky to do that. It isn't like the pirates are taking over vessels and disappearing, as they are holding the vessels and crew captive for ransom, although in one instance they killed Americans as retaliation for a pirate receiving a lengthy prison sentence.
Who knows why we don't treat sea piracy as seriously as we should. Our government doesn't take our illegal immigration problem as seriously as it should either, so why should I expect it to devote the resources and personnel to a problem a world away. |
well, for one, it's not a priority for us. honestly, have the pirates really affected americans? i don't think they have. in the grand scheme of things, i'd imagine it's far down our list of things to do. those countries affected more have capabilities to go over there-it doesn't seem high on their list either.
like i showed above, we do have limited resources. we have to choose which battles to fight.
obviously if we had a naval presence right there, the pirates would stay on shore. once we leave, they'd be back out there. and we've got plenty of other things to handle as well.
as for illegal immigration, we've had that discussion on here before. and that all comes down to money. unless someone is paying cash under the table, it's not a big issue for the feds. social security benefits from all the money flowing in from undocumented workers and their employers-but they'll never collect that, will they? now, give them citizenship-and you've got future collectors. it's all about the money. it's always about the money.