But since a Russian captain and crew did it, the pirates are likely to avoid Russian ships in future.
Piracy on the high seas cannot always be dealt with using the niceties of due process. The Somalis are brigands and understand only the use of deadly force.
And there is also a Somali underworld problem in this country, just saying.
I am in complete agreement with you. My point was that those who try to neuter us with political correctness don’t bother with it themselves.
But since a Russian captain and crew did it, the pirates are likely to avoid Russian ships in future.
Who will tell them it was the Russians? Seems to me the onshore priates will remain in the dark as much as ever about the forces they are challenging.
Exactly! Go back and look up what the Soviets did with the jihadis they caught kidnapping Russian diplomats back in Beirut in the ‘80s. The jihadis left the Russians alone after that...