What the hell is going on ?
A British naval vessel intercepts a small craft acting as the mother ship for Somali pirates. They arrest the pirates and free the hostages that they have been using as slaves. The pirates are found to be in possession of a large array of weapons including AK47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The captives also confess to their involvement in piracy.
Strike one for the good guys. Job done. You might think so, but you’d be wrong.
Instead the crew of HMS Cornwall, a Royal Navy frigate, fed, watered and gave medical treatment to the pirates.
They then set them free !!!
Commander David Wilkinson, Cornwall’s captain, must be suffering a huge amount of frustration as he was ordered to release these criminals. The decision came from “the UK’s Maritime Component Commander”. An anonymous figure based in Bahrain.
As for the pirates they must be sporting full stomachs, a big fat smile and the feeling that they just beat the Royal Navy
What is the point of expending the effort to hunt down these pirates if all we do is pat them on their heads and send them on their way ?
Why can’t we take an eye or a hand or exact some other form of preventative measure so that, if we have to release them, they cannot come back and resume their pirate activities.
WrAnTz 