[Wonder Warthog]

"That would work just as well on the boats they have and would save a lot of money. Sunk is sunk."

Yeah, but it doesn't assure that all the pirates are DEAD, which is what is needed. The rules on policing piracy in the past was that any military vessel who apprehended an act of piracy HUNG all the surviving pirates, on the spot. That is a policy that needs to be re-introduced.

And allow private vessels to arm themselves as used to be done.

[jpsb]

"After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and imprisoned them. He had them crucified on his own authority, as he had promised while in captivity[26]—a promise the pirates had taken as a joke. As a sign of leniency, he first had their throats cut."

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