Yup, and nevermind that almost everyone is ignorant of the massive role of the US Navy in protecting global shipping lanes from piracy, which is why you can sen

Yup, and nevermind that almost everyone is ignorant of the massive role of the US Navy in protecting global shipping lanes from piracy, which is why you can send a 40ft container from Shenzen to LA for something like $2000 and expect it to get here with 99.999% certainty. The piracy off of Africa was a short-lived phenomena - until they found out that forking around where the USN plays works out very badly for you.