Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBWGo7pef8

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 13, 2009

Following the dramatic rescue of American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, American military advisors may soon be dispatched to help Somalia?s government develop its own coast guard.

Before we become involved in another military venture in Somalia, we should understand the origins of recent piracy in the region.

Jonathan Hari of the London Independent points out that some of those identified as pirates are a volunteer coast guard organized to prevent illegal fishing in Somalia?s territorial waters. Others seek to chase away vessels operated by criminal syndicates that are illegally dumping European nuclear and medical waste on Somali coasts.

The so-called Somali transitional federal government is little more than a pirate regime. It was installed by an occupation force from neighboring Ethiopia, which invaded with the active support of the CIA.

Washington should focus on protecting US commercial shipping and otherwise stay out of Somalia.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.