Russian Navy Shows How to Negotiate with Pirates

In 2003, the US showed the world that it's quite a folly to have a large army if it can't accomplish anything, as a relatively small US military force routed what was at the time probably one of the top five militaries in the world (on paper at least). 

One wonders what we are getting for our $1 Gazillion, when the Russian Navy can accomplish far more than us with far less:

Following high level complaints about “imperfections” in international law, Russia announced Tuesday that captured Somali pirates “have all died.”
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The official told Russian news agencies the pirates’ boat disappeared from Russian radar about an hour after their release.

“They could not reach the coast and, apparently, have all died,” the official said.

Totally Awesome.  Why can't they be on our side?

The Russians have just solved the piracy problem, at least as far as their own ships are concerned, with probably a fraction the effort that we and our allies are putting into it.