Pirates!

As fun as the recent movies made it look, real life piracy is no laughing matter. Over the last year there has been a surge in Somali pirates off the horn of Africa. The fact that Somalia is a lawless country plays a big part in this, and creates a breeding ground for corruption. Just in the last week, Somali pirates captured an American hostage and tried to negotiate a ransom. Luckily our Navy SEALS killed 3 of the pirates holding him and captured the 4th. Hopefully this will be less of an issue now that America is getting involved, though its harder than you would think to stop teenagers with assault weapons.