First of "Pirates" is a nice liberal term, they are "terrorists". But calling them terrorists would kind of give our military room to act, calling them pirates makes it a pithy corporate concern.

The Wagner response would have been as follows:

"Just in, US flagged boat attacked by Somali terrorists"
"Just in, 154 Tomahawk missiles have just hit Somalia along with 75 ballistic missiles."

I would also pass a US LAW that says any US FLAGGED ships persons were allowed to not only carry weapons, but be preemptive in their usage. If they see pirates/terrorists attempting to board their ship, they could open fire.

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