[Iran Press TV Latest] A Press TV poll suggests that the continuous activity of Somali pirates has given the US an opportunity to expand its naval presence in the Gulf of Aden. Why would we need an excuse?
According to the opinion poll conducted by Press TV website, some 32 percent of 617 voters believed the piracy has helped the White House to justify its military presence outside its borders.
Good Lord! A Press TV internet poll? Well, you don't get much more authoritative than that without the involvement of burning bushes.
Some 26 percent, meanwhile, believed that pirate attacks off the waters of the Horn of Africa region would not end unless a powerful and influential government took power in Somalia.
The other 74 percent were inebriated or something?
After a dramatic increase of pirate attacks in late 2008, some countries including the US deployed their naval vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
I remember reading someplace that Iran did, too. Maybe they left or something.
Another 19 percent of the respondents said both of the factors contributed to the problem, while some 26 percent said there were "other reasons" for the increase of pirate attacks.
It's probably sunspots.