Jim Webb actually said...

I understand that if we were to put embarked military security on ships at certain points that there's a wider group of international associ...

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...

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

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