I see your point but I disagree. It’s the advantage of every country that relies on global trade to wipe out pirates. Just like the British in the 19th century, their navy directly or indirectly protected the shipping of many countries, but their economy and prestige benefitted.
Well, do it at no cost to the U.S. then, which means that all the ship-owners have to pay the bill to the American taxpayer for all the costs involved.
And, actually that’s what I’ve been saying before this post anyway. I said that if the other countries and ship-owners want our help, they can come to the White House in their knees and beg us for it. But, don’t forget to “show us the money”...
Then we’ll show them how it’s done. And we’ll bill them additional amounts, depending on the costs. If other countries and/or shipping companies don’t want to pay us to do it for them, they are certainly welcome to do it themselves.
No more *bailouts* and *especially* not for other countries and foreign companies who won’t take care of the problem themselves...