Yep, it’s the old ‘don’t bring a boombox to a rocket launcher fight’ dilemma.
What?? And have the ACLU sue on behalf of the pirates for "cruel and unusual punishment"??
This idiocy of not blowing up pirates to Kingdom Come is all about political correctness and the effette considerations of "legality" as per "international law."
I'm with you - obliterate these pirate ships so much that the seas are turned red and only fragments of flotsam and human remains are detectable through microscopic examination.
But let's not forget - if America's military is going to police the high seas, we want compensation, otherwise, feh!.