Somali Pirates hit a new high... er low

[Skybird]

Isn't it stunning how civilised we deal with the problem?

If it were up to me, some fast attack boats and frigates, some missile-armed helicopters, and blazing guns and flying vampyres whenever a pirate contact pops up on the screen, gets reported, gets sighted, or a home port and a home village of pirates gets identified. Problem solved.

Instead the german frigates: seeing an attack, observing while being forbidden to do something, anything, and then writing a report. That is what I call superior civilised ROEs! The effect of deterrence is immense. And keeping precise record of one's own failure is important.

I wonder if they send the pirates maybe even a weather update, to make sure they safely make it back to port, those poor and handicapped little fellas.

Sounds like a nice hunting ground for some Little Birds armed with FFARs. What else for do we sent combat units into the region? For just writing reports? That could be acchieved with a rubber boat of the city police and a traffic cop with binoculars as well.

Politicians...