Earlier this week the brave sailors of the Indian Navy struck a deadly blow to Somali pirate by sinking one of their mother ships.
The courage and dedication of the Indian sailors no doubt is a source of pride for Indian citizens but also cause for cheering among Americans, Europeans, and others the world over who hope to see the Somali piracy threat eradicated.
Yet it was only today that Newsweek's Conventional Wisdom noticed, and only then did CW offer praise to the UN, not India's sailors.:
[up arrow] United Nations: Allows Indian Navy to take on pirates in Somali waters. See? They can make decisions.
As the BBC reported today, the UN resolution in question has been on the books since June:
Under a UN Security Council resolution passed in June, states co-operating with Somalia's transitional government are permitted, for a period of six months, to enter its territorial waters to "repress acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea".
The international forces are allowed to use "all necessary means", in a manner consistent with relevant provisions of international law, according to resolution 1816.
India is among several countries currently patrolling the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes which connects the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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Is this the same UN
November 21, 2008 - 17:02 ET by MichiganVetIs this the same UN that "permitted" a $25M paint job in one of their European buildings .... yeah, they can make decisions!
Guess that means the pirates will pull out of the UN, eh?
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
Somalia owes us for about
November 21, 2008 - 18:15 ET by TailgunnerSomalia owes us for about 90 dead and wounded US troops.
Sink the $#%&ers.
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Pirates should be shot on sight!
November 21, 2008 - 17:09 ET by CTThere ought to be a bounty on the head of all these pirates dead or alive. Who needs the U.N.'s permission to defend ones self?
Oh what would we do without
November 21, 2008 - 17:09 ET by bigtimerOh what would we do without the U.N....
.....Let me COUNT the ways!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I don' have that kind of
November 21, 2008 - 17:32 ET by BettendorI don' have that kind of time on my hands.
The UN my ass
November 21, 2008 - 17:10 ET by SlicksterThe Indian Navy is going to do what serves India's interests. Meanwhile the US 7th fleet sits tied to the pier in Yokosuka and wringing their hands and whining about political correctness.
Newsweak and the UN can go pound sand.
November 21, 2008 - 17:51 ET by R D HelmThe international forces are allowed to use "all necessary means"
As if it were up the UN in the first place. Right.
BTW, where the hell is the US Navy? They should be blockading the Somali coast and blasting into toothpicks anything that even looks like it might be a pirate vessel.
Or, have we already started the inexorable slide into the former world-power crapper before the messiah even starts packing for the move to the White House?
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
Just saw a special
November 21, 2008 - 18:30 ET by ahusseron the History Channel called 'The Return of the Pirates, very well done and eyeopening documentary about how widespread, lucrative, risk free and pervasive piracy is especially in South East Asia. Many of the shipping companies do not want the hired guns on their ships for some weird reason about escalating violence as if Piracy wasn't a violent act and of course if you surrender your life is at the whim of one of these criminals. It was an interesting show and unwittingly topical. The gist of the show was how governments have done little to prevent or stop the practice of Piracy.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Allowed?
November 21, 2008 - 18:43 ET by jackie3In that report the UN sounds like a dominate force that other counties have to ask permission from. Oh, they are--aren't they?
I think the UN needs to be dismantled! It's outlived its usefulness and is now another thug.
Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
The UN is a joke - blow the pirates out of the water
November 21, 2008 - 20:00 ET by PopularTechIf we had a real Commander in Chief the pirates would been dealt with a long time ago, it is called blow them out of the water.
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Sad Truth
November 21, 2008 - 22:31 ET by jaywlI believe the real, sad truth is that President Bush has been so beaten by the MSM for any military response to anything that he has just decided to take no more. Kids now would call it "Beat Down", so overwhelmed he can only try to protect himself. You can blame Bush for not being stronger, but he has had the strength to lead us through the past seven years without another homeland attack, despite the opposition of the liberals at every turn and foreign governments benefiting from his courage. I do not. When he leaves office I will send a Thank You card. I further believe that soon enough those that have obstructed and denigrated this man will see this country pay a horrible price partly because of their actions, then and in the future.
Sad truth for now... I'm
November 21, 2008 - 22:36 ET by Clear thinkerSad truth for now...
I'm still betting on historians finding that Bush was right and did the right thing. Screw the liberals and their media shills!!!
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Thank you Jay
November 21, 2008 - 22:48 ET by cocodrieWell said about President Bush. When he and Laura leave the White House class and honor will go with them. I fear that we are about to pay a terrible price for the recent selection of the new president.
Those darn Indians
November 22, 2008 - 01:24 ET by riff_raffThe Indian government has demonstrated, by sinking that pirate ship, that they are nothing more than a bunch of hegemonic, unilateralist, cowboys.
Isn't that what they said about Reagan when he sent the Iranian navy to the bottom of the Persian Gulf?