Somali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker

[classicman]

The new rules, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, require a warship to send a boarding party led by an officer onto any suspected pirate vessel to confirm its criminal intent. Until that has been done, the warship may not open fire. It is unlikely that the lawyers consulted with practical seamen before they wrote this clause.

Well that is a ridiculous rule. There is no way to apply that in a real life situation.

IMHO, Dr. Dyer would be the first to decry any loss of innocent life in the practice of the US patrolling the pirate-sea. He is so obvious I don't know why I even read his drivel.
He states that it is "not everybody else's duty to put up with piracy" but infers that it is the US's duty to put it down. Then we (the US) pay, in blood and money, and the world benefits. Nothing really new there.

Yup, Same old shit.