Why weren't they just blown out of the water.

Attempted hijacking, see weapons being thrown overboard. Why didn't we just blow them out of the water. Really, why give them a chance to hijack another ship another day?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30290852/

This is why the hijackings will continue.

Now, now, the bleeding heart libs out there will just say they're out boating around having a good time and they need those weapons in case any sharks show up so that they can defend themselves.

Yea yea... thats as much a stereotype as "why dont we blow them out of the water"...

That's like saying everyone On the titanic deserved to die because they were negligent and steered into an iceberg.