Friday December 24, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency), the official Iranian news agency, reported yesterday that the acting head of the Iranian Navy attended a conference in Sri Lanka.

What makes this interesting to us is that also present at that conference were commanders of the United States Navy, the Russian Navy, the French Navy and the British Navy. 22 nations sent representatives to the conference which took place last month.

The conference was convened to discuss piracy. The objective was to try to create a united task force and a united strike force to directly confront piracy.

There is no doubt that piracy has gotten out of control. Without serious international effort and significant cooperation, there is almost no way to adequately put the genie back in the bottle. It is in the best interest of all those nations who participated in the conference to organize and then strike out against the pirates.

Iran is a significant player on the high seas. Iran needs to make certain that the seas are free of pirates. Iran was wise to attend this conference. So why did it take a month to announce that they attended ... that's the way it works in Iran.

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