Somalia Piracy Walks The Plank

By Scott Neuberger
The Blue Print
on Foreign Affairs:

Tensions boil as Foreign Affairs scrambles to compile a bill against piracy in Somalia waters. New options for approaching the problem keep accumulating, and a swift passage of the bill is unlikely.

Representatives of both parties are defending two different options to handle this issue: one strictly military and one that involves economic stability.

The first is a defensive military approach to protect the ships in and out of Somalia harbors for the purpose of trade. Military protection is not a long-term solution but is a temporary action to address piracy immediately. 
A New York representative stormed the stand and tensions rose as she stated the second option. With strong aggression she stressed the need for a bill to help fix the hazardous waste filled waters of Somalia to help their economy prosper from export of fish.

In the past, fishing was the major export of Somalia, but since 1990 the waters have been used as a dumping ground by the surrounding nations. The bill would create a bipartisan agreement between the Navy and Coast Guard to monitor the water so surrounding nations don’t dump their hazardous waste so the fish population can increase.

Verbal abuse from supporters of both options rained down at their opponent’s in a heated debate.