Just recall the words from the Marine Anthem and to the shores of Tripoli and what they mean.
IMO, regardless of their persuation that is whether missionaries or hippies, if that boat was flying the US Flag, we SHOULD HAVE come to their aid and we MUST now seek retribution, swift and merciless.
Exactly. The battle against Muslim pirates setting out from Tripoli was a defining moment in the creation of US naval and military power some 200 years ago.
The US still ended up paying a ransom for some of the US sailors who had been captured (thanks to the timidity of the State Department...some things never change). But the military had knocked the pirates back and while they made some attempts to revive in the early 20th centuries, other things (such as WWI) intervened.
It appears that every hundred years or so, Muslims have to be taught that lesson all over again.