Troll? or just stupid?

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masuki bance (310 posts)      Fri Apr-10-09 01:52 AM
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Kerry to the fore- "Kerry calls for pirate hearings as drama continues" 
 The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for hearings on the mounting piracy threat as the fate of an American cargo-ship captain remained in limbo Thursday.

"These acts of piracy off of Somalia’s coastline may seem surreal, but they’re all too real and a thorough policy debate is long overdue," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in a statement. "When Americans, including at least one from Massachusetts, are endangered, you’ve got a complicated and dangerous international situation brewing, and that includes questions about a hot-pursuit policy on Somalia’s coastline."...

The pirate attack was not only the first on American sailors in 200 years, but the sixth in the span of a week along the lawless Somali coast.

"There have been more than 50 attacks in the area this year alone and the problem isn’t going away," Kerry said. "I plan to hold hearings to further examine the growing threat of piracy and all the policy options that need to be on the table before the next fire drill becomes an international incident with big implications.”

Vice President Biden was less forthcoming about the unfolding drama when asked at an economic recovery meeting Thursday what the U.S. was going to do about the pirates. "This is being worked on around the clock since this happened, and — but I'm not in a position, right now, to comment on it," Biden said as pool reporters were shown the door....

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/kerry-calls-for-pir...



This is a critical issue that deserves some strong hearings
 

 

karynnj  (1000+ posts)        Fri Apr-10-09 08:14 AM
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2. Grow up - Senator Kerry did
 He spoke of needing to hold hearings to address this back in December when he was spoke of the direction he wanted to take the SFRC. This is a problem that Obama needs to address.

karynnj  (1000+ posts)        Fri Apr-10-09 10:03 AM
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6. If all you see in Kerry's 4 decades of public service is 
 that he was selected for an elite college fraternity, I feel sorry for you. As to thinking you were unaware - I thought that was why you chose to make that stupid comment.

As to irony - this is a serious issue and Senator Kerry was the only person speaking of the dangers of this back in December.

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I don't know about the troll thing, but I do know the one thing that pirates really fear is some blowhard holding strong hearings about them and their actions.  I believe the last part of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at DisneyWorld is a depiction of some governing body holding strong hearings and the pirates voluntarily turning themselves in.

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