Jim Webb actually said...

Well, a defensive action of some sort emanating from the target has an impact on the people trying to take the target.

It's not necessarily best practices that we would define if we were looking at this from a different viewpoint in terms of putting armed sec...

We're obviously concerned about that, but principally concerned about American shipping.

this is so clear, I think to everyone, that we all have an inherent right to self-defense in international waters.