Tanker Seizure(s) Apologetics

[Minstrel]

Sounds a lot like gibberish to me.

... and this falls under the heading of war as far as I'm concerned.

"Piracy" is engaged in by private, non-state actors. It's not "piracy" when a state actor does it. That's called "war". If a state could not do it themselves, then of course they would not be able to authorize others to do it under letters of marque... so, if it's "priracy" for a national military to do it then letters of marque would not be valid.

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Seems a bit convoluted, to me.
Private Business/es versus a nation.
As you say - looks like war.
I have seen, within our borders, where 'The Law' will assist private enterprise/s (on occasion) to enforce such verdicts...especially when violence has been threatened against the typical enforcers, or is expected otherwise. And, in those instances that I've witnessed, no additional court proceedings were involved. Law Enforcement, however, did not effect the confiscation/s.