Pirates are not a bunch of misunderstood poor fishermen who have been put out of business fishing and with no choice, have resorted to hijacking boats.
Pirates are not simply criminals behaving badly. They are not guilty of being bad and consequently need punishment in a jail cell.
Pirates are really bad bad people who need to die. I don't want them in jail in Mali, Kenya, Sudan, or Yemen. I want them to die and not just die, die a horrible death - shot and then fall into the ocean to be consumed by the sea, later to become a waste product on the bottom of the sea after a shark digests them.
But they have rights, however bad - we are told. I suppose. They have a right to put their weapons down, surrender, and accept arrest by the military and transport to the Hague where they will be tried and imprisoned for no less than 10 years, and where they are not given any right to claim refuge status (I do not want a pirate simply exchanging water for soil and getting into the kidnapping business with a green card). They may not be taken to the US - Obama would most likely accept their claim for refuge status and give them all citizenship, after which every pirate would be surrendering. Perhaps the Russian military should be given control of the seas in which they operate - pirates from Africa imprisoned in Siberia. Not a bad resolution.
Otherwise - arm the ships. Some ships now have panic rooms, hire 2-3 Israeli special forces, and give them a hose. Instead, hand them RPGs, grenades, M15s, and provide the best radar equipment (capable of picking up a dolphin). When the small boat chasing the large ship is spotted, shoot across the front of the pursuing boat as a warning. If the boat continues - blow it up and sink the boat with all on board.
Since 2007, pirates have increased their attacks and hijackings - the numbers have risen every year for the last four years. In 2006-2007, approximately 180-200 people were held for ransom. In 2010, more than 1000 were held for ransom. The initial sums paid back in 2007 were several hundred thousand - today, millions per hijacking. With their illegal and criminal gains, they buy new boats, new weapons, and plot out further efforts to hijack shipping. This is not a crime like burglary. This is not like someone stealing your car. This is terrorism.
The law recognizes (in the United States) that a crime committed at night, in the dark is a qualitatively different crime than one committed during the day, and what is not permissible during the day - shooting someone carrying a plastic gun, would be permissible at night - it is dark. The ocean is that darkness, perpetual darkness. One cannot escape from the ocean nor from the consequence of jumping into the sea - shark food. No policemen or detectives investigating and collecting evidence. Shoot them. These ocean terrorists know that if the military are upon them, they throw their weapons overboard. When the warship stops them, they laugh and say they are fishermen.
They are terrorists, who, with reasonable evidence - should be treated as such and not released to do it again, but shot and thrown overboard for the sea to recapture.
Captain Jack would expect no less.
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