At sea it's a lot harder shot to take. Especially at a longer range. Plus you have to have enough guns on target to take out all the pirates and what if some of them are below decks snoozing, going to the "head" or guarding prisoners? Those guys get one whiff of a sniper attack and they'll "OFF" our guys and that would be very bad. It's a hard shot because everything is in motion: Wave action produces wobbles on both shooting platforms and those actions are different every time, so you can't time or judge them like you can the wind, which will also be a factor here. It's be better to use the snipers just prior to a SEAL assault and take out all folks visible on deck before the boys either fast rope down from choppers or scale the sides from the sea.
Well as hard as it is to say, if they can’t take out the pirates at the risk of also taking out the Captain it must be done.
If it comes down to the O letting them go back to Somali with the Captain it’s going to be hell for this American Citizen any way you look at it.
Wonder what the POTUS O would be doing if these “pirates” would have boarded a 1500 cruise ship with a large majority being innocent victims?
All probably true, but Obambi would NEVER give the order for snipers to take out these pirates even if they could situate themselves w/o being noticed as close as 50 feet. We all know that. Too bad that this specific circumstance already looks like it’s tailor-made for an Obambi excuse.