Ah, blame the victim.
You’re missing the principle here. Why should ANY area of the seas be allowed to become a no-go zone because of Islamic pirates?
Jefferson had to deal with that over 200 years ago. The US was paying a fortune in ransom and travel in the Mediterranean was virtually paralyzed. Hence, the birth of the US Marines.
We can’t let this happen again. They have hundreds of people and dozens of ships in captivity. The average ransom is something like $9,000,000 for a tanker ship.
“You’re missing the principle here. Why should ANY area of the seas be allowed to become a no-go zone because of Islamic pirates?”
No, you missed it. Because it is a yes-zone for Islamic pirates.