The romanticized image of pirates: eye patches, wooden legs, treasure-looting, walking the plank etc, seems to be dissolving in front of our eyes these days.

The nation seems to be in an uproar over the recent attack of Somali pirates on an American ship that resulted in Capt. Phillips being taken hostage on the Indian Ocean for nearly a week before Naval snipers took out his captors.

" How can this happen?", " What is Obama going to do to stop it?". Dear readers, I hate to scare you but Somali pirates have been a problem for quite some time now. If I'm figuring correctly, a decade at least. And, they are not alone. There are many instances of pirating in the South Pacific Ocean as well. In fact, last week's incident was the 66th since January. The only reason that we've never cared before, is because it wasn't happeing to ships with American crews. This of course is very stereotypical American, and is absolutely arrogant of us.

On top of being arrogant, it's ignorant. Are you aware that the nation is asking our president to handle a problem that stretches over a millions square miles of ocean within international waters that we have no jurisdiction in? If you have a problem with Obama's inability to handle this issue, I suggest that you come up with one yourself because as of now, there's not too much that our country can do.

Somali pirates, historically, have not sought to harm it's captors. Their country is in such shambles and the quality of their lives so poor that hijacking ships for ransom has become their only source of income. However, it is still criminal and dangerous and certainly, not justifiable.

What is very upsetting is that often, the very ships that they are hijacking are carrying supplies and aide to other African nations that desperately need it. Somali's need it as well, however they're not robbing these ships of supplies, they're taking them hostage to the tune of millions of dollars.

My suggestion? Cut off the aide to those other nations. Then, they'll have to deal with the problem. The last thing this country needs, is another war over, or on, the seas.

Think about it.