These guys have no particular political goal, simply the making of money.
Pirates were never romantic, really.
The appropriate term is pirates. If you start proclaiming EVERYTHING “terrorism” the word will lose its meaning.
Exactly. I operated with CTF 150 two years ago. These guy are all about holding the crews and vessels hostage for ransom. There is concern that in the future they could actively assist terrorists but that is not what they doing now.