Oops, Our Bad!

So pirates are brazenly trolling the waters off the coast of Somalia, and beyond, with greater and greater tenacity and boldness. They are capturing shipping vessels and holding their crews hostage, demanding lucrative ransoms for their safe return.

Whose fault is this?

Bush's, of course! And then, after Bush, yours, if you're American.

Or so says the leftist media in this article.

Come on, don't act surprised. You knew this Day of Blame was coming. No ill can befall the world without Bush and the United States somehow being to blame for it. Rather than compelling you to read the afore-cited article, I'll sum it up for you. Two years ago, Somalia was controlled by a brutish pack of rebels. Ethiopia came to the aid of the Somalian Government and fought- and defeated- this group of rebels. America smiled upon the entire endeavor, without engaging them or firing a single shot.

So now it's America's fault.

Hey, makes sense to me.

Not that we're EXCLUSIVELY to blame. European leftists also blame the European powers-that-be in this article.

Again, let me summarize it, because it's aggravating to read for yourself.

Europeans are dumping nuclear waste off the coast of Somalia, sickening and killing the Somali people. Then the same Europeans are illegally over-fishing the same waters, somehow not getting radiation sickness from their aforementioned dumping activities. (If you sense an inconstistency here, hey, I'm right there sensing it with you.) In retaliation, Noble Somalians are taking to the High Seas to excise a "tax" upon these illegal dumpers and fishers. How? By taking the crews of unrelated ships hostage and demanding ransom. (I'm sensing that inconsistency again.)

So to summarize, whose fault is it that Somalian pirates are boarding vessels that aren't theirs, holding hostages, and demanding ransoms? Bush's, yours, and Western Europe's.

Not Somalia's.

Never the perpetrator's.

Consider yourself educated!