It may be time to use SEAL teams against these bastards.
A SEAL team could go through a group of these thugs like a hot knife through butter. It would make for great exercises.
Only if they attack an American flagged vessel - then hell ya. Saudi flagged? No f'n way. Let the rich, arrogant, terrorist-funding Saudi's defend their own damn ships. Bush better stay the hell out of this - not his problem. Of course, he thinks he runs the damned world police or something since we're "the world's only superpower", so I'm wary about him staying out of this like he ought to, especially given the Bush family's longtime buddy buddy relationship with the Saudis. Not our problem.
Better yet, let the greenwood sailors get experience this way, a perfect way to cut their teeth in small combat.