PIRACY SUPPRESSION - A LETTER OF MARQUE

A letter of marque and reprisal is an official warrant or commission from a government authorizing the designated agent to search, seize, or destroy specified assets or personnel belonging to a party which has committed some offense under the laws of nations against the assets or citizens of the issuing nation....

It goes without saying that piracy is an offense against the laws of of nations.
If navies cannot suppress this sort of maritime felony, perhaps it is time to consider reviving the practice of issuing the letter of marque.

The link below will take you to an item in the NYT which suggests this very course of action:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/after-a-dip-in-attacks-pirates-mount-a-comeback/

Apparently, the United States, though it has not issued such warrants lately, has never ratified the protocols prohibiting them.

Wouldn't doing so just drive the lefties wild?

And it just might be possible that a serious problem would be at least significantly dealt with.

The Blackwater reference in the above link is interesting.

That is another group that drives lefties wild.