>Any ship captain sailing into that area without a couple of machine guns on board and easily accessible...
Arming merchant vessels is illegal under treaty.
Having mariners armed is likewise unlawful.
Other countries will not let openly armed vessels into port.
Would I have all of that changed?
Sure thing, but this is what it is.
I see almost no chance of Hussein pushing for “change” like that
Arm the merchant ships... and then when any port asks, lie about it.
If asked how they fought off a pirate attack, it was ‘magic’. And dare them to prove it otherwise.
Considering how much guff rogue nations can deliver to the West... that we accept, despite knowing it to be lies, it stands to reason that we can offer the same.