The world should be hunting down bankers and politicians, not pirates

Instead of fighting the pirates on Somalia's coast we should declare war on the bankers and politicians, Domingos Amaral writes in the daily Correio da Manhã: "In a world that is used to terrorists who crash airplanes into buildings it is difficult to describe the pirates of Somalia as barbaric. So far they have not killed anyone. They have captured ships and demanded ransoms, and once the ransom was paid they freed the ships and their crews. This is why I find this global campaign against the pirates so surprising. According to Captain America Barack Obama we must fight against them. While he launches his new US foreign policy and reconciles with Iranians, Russians and Hamas he needs to find a new enemy. Instead of punishing other pirates who do much more damage to the world, such as irresponsible bank managers and other evil-doers like politicians, the United States and the world are prepared to destroy a few anarchists from Somalia."

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