04-16-2009, 12:39 PM
But the local legal system is not capable of protecting you in many places that American businessmen go, thats why in many cases these guys hire private security, which the people on US flag ships should do if they want protection. We payed security when I had to take a car from Bogata to Cartagena because kidnapping very white businesspeople over there is FARC's hobby.
The crew unions, owners, and P&I clubs don't want this, they want the whole international fleet to be hunting down and killing the pirates, not playing crossing guard and risking more violence by having firefights on your ships.
The governments job is to keep the seas safe, and they should be doing that becuase a safe gulf in general is far more in the national interest than providing foreign companies with free security because they employ american workers.
Now when Americans are attacked they should offer assistance, but their job is to find and destroy the pirates.
The crew unions, owners, and P&I clubs don't want this, they want the whole international fleet to be hunting down and killing the pirates, not playing crossing guard and risking more violence by having firefights on your ships.
The governments job is to keep the seas safe, and they should be doing that becuase a safe gulf in general is far more in the national interest than providing foreign companies with free security because they employ american workers.
Now when Americans are attacked they should offer assistance, but their job is to find and destroy the pirates.