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US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-play dept.

dotarray writes "Ever wanted to fight Somali pirates without leaving the safety of your computer? Well, believe it or not, the United States Navy could use your help. MMOWGLI is a new video game project (that's Massive Multiplayer Online WarGame Leveraging the Internet, by the way) that is being used to crowdsource ideas on how to fight off maritime terrorists and hopefully secure the Horn of Africa."

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  1. do nothing by Hazel+Bergeron · · Score: 1, Troll

    Here's my proposal: do nothing. For once, America, keep your fucking nose out of another continent. I realise it'd be lovely to pincer what with being under your best buddies (when they're not killing you and/or women in general) the Saudis, so this will be hard for you. "Secure the horn of Africa"? What is this, the 18th century?

    Also, when the US does it = securing.
    When Somalians do it = piracy.

    As usual, if the US wanted to, they could wipe out Somalian piracy within hours. The real question: who stands to profit from a long, drawn-out, ineffective war?