[dirtboy]

You don’t attack them when they are fresh and alert.

And it turns out they had run out of ammo after firing on a launch approaching the lifeboat. Tire them out further after that, get the SEAL team in place, wait until 4 in the morning when persons are least cognizant, and give 'em a wake-up call with a flash-bang.

A good ending, but not good enough for some around here.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well pshoot, isn’t that lucky that this was their last ammo.

[kabar]

And it turns out they had run out of ammo after firing on a launch approaching the lifeboat.

So we murdered three unarmed men?

[AH_LiveRight]

And it turns out they had run out of ammo after firing on a launch approaching the lifeboat.

We can be certain that some very brave Navy (or other branch, this is now listed a joint ops) personnel volunteered to be on that launch drawing fire. The best and bravest on the face of the earth.

[CodeToad]

“And it turns out they had run out of ammo after firing on a launch approaching the lifeboat. “

Got a link to that? Are you saying we shot unarmed pirates? Are you still insinuating the Navy waiting to take action because they simply could get their shit together fast enough, yet, the pirates were at some point unarmed??