It is not resources. It is a matter of will. If a US government agency can kidnap a person off an Italian street and ship them off to another country to be tortured, then the US government can shut down child porn site _no matter where_ it is located.

The real question is "Why do these same prosecutors allow so many child porn sites to exist?" Because it's easier to pursue innocent victims?

Oh, Ike, if only we had listened to you: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." Full text of his 1961 speech here: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html