Comments by "David H" (@DavidHalko) on "This is How the Somali Pirates Business Works (The Pirate Stock Exchange Market)" video.

  1. Piracy off the cost of Somalia and other North African countries date back much farther than the early 1900’s. The United States, upon winning their independence in the late 1700’s, disbanded their military, and disengaged from world wide conflict. Until… Pirates in North Africa decided to kidnap Americans and hold them for ransom… if the non-Muslim Americans would pay the Jizya, then they would receive “protection” from the Muslim pirates (it was forbidden for Muslim pirates to steal from fellow Muslims… some exceptions were made if the booty was big enough & the target was the wrong kind of Muslim), then Americans would be preserved for a year. A standing Navy later & creation of The Marines resolved the issue after two successive wars. Islamic Piracy dates back to sacking caravans in the early days of Mohammed coming to power, in the late 600’s. Somalia became known for piracy afterwards as Islam conquered West to the Maghreb, and started pushing South. Countries like Libya even had their hand in tolerance of air piracy, during the late 1900’s Modern Somalia is just another nation in a ~1400 year old history of piracy, on land, air, and sea. So now, we know why the US has a huge standing Army & Navy & Air Force… it was due to piracy & tolerance of it by Muslim dominated nations of North Africa (because it was a good way to make money, since the days of Mohammed.) Other examples of land piracy, by sacking the wrong “unbelieving” caravan… well, in Central Asia, a little guy named Genghis Khan… but that is another story.
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