He wasn't a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!
It's a big difference.
I don't think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill
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He wasn't a pirate at all, he was a privateer.
Literally the same thing during the golden age of piracy.
Privateers are just pirates with a licence from the king!
Soldiers are just murderers with a licence from the king!
It's a big difference.
I don't think soldiers are generally told they can keep all the loot from every foreigner they kill