Exactly. This issue isn't that dissimilar from Somali pirates attacking ships in the same region: at first it was "mildly annoying" to the West at large, but ra

Exactly. This issue isn't that dissimilar from Somali pirates attacking ships in the same region: at first it was "mildly annoying" to the West at large, but ransoms were generally paid. Then it escalated to the point where the West basically said enough, and brought sufficient firepower to deter the pirates.