Piracy is normal in Islam and ins’t looked down on. It is considered a legitimate business when the infidel is the victim. In fact the pirates hold themselves out as devout Muslims and requested all Muslims pray for them since they were up against the Unites States
Yes, but they have to frame it in modern terms of oppression by the West, which leftists such as Obama find so soothing and palatable. It doesn't matter, of course, whether the supposed offense occurred last year or a few thousand years ago, it's all good, you see, as long as the West, and most particularly, the white man, is at fault.