What has puzzled me all along about these pirates, is how the United States went out of it’s way to avoid taking them out.
I thought our fleet was out there to insure the shipping lanes were kept open. Over the last five years, the U.S. seldom lifted a finger.
What this did, was create a situation where other nations stepped in. Is that really what we foresee as a great condition on the high seas?
People who have lamented the U.S. being the world’s policeman, are going to see in short order why that was beneficial to them, personally. Our nation is withdrawing from the world.
China, Russia, others are going to fill that void. And so, instead of our ships slipping past other nation’s shores, we will have other nation’s ships slipping past ours.
Instead of us projecting overseas, we will be forced to defend our nation from our shores.
Those who lamented the U.S. being the world’s police, you’re getting what you wanted. And when you get it fully, you’ll begin to see why it was a bad idea. Sadly, it will be too late.