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Originally Posted by Kokukirin
That only makes it more confusing. Hunting down Somali pirates does not lead to a war against foreign state. And being the strongest navy in the world by far, the US navy is in best position to patrol the waters. There just isn't a need to subcontract out the work to privateers.
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i think the difference is that privateers can just sink the pirate ships with the pirates while the US Navy would have to arrest and take them back to the US for a trial.