This piracy will continue until somebody decides to destroy the pirates in a shocking fashion.
Shouldn't we try a presidential bow first to keep the peace?
We should have SEAL teams posing as wealthy vacationers, tooling about in sailing yachts. Sort of seaborne “bait cars”, if you will. The pirates should simply disappear; no news or public reports.
The real question is why would 4 Americans put themself’s in the middle of Pirate Lane? What idiots would do that?
Is this Carter diplomacy or something?
You speak loudly if you are prepared to do nothing; and you are mum if you plan to take this jerks down.
Either the plan is to do nothing, or, worse, do take them down while allowing the perps to be prepared as well.
Well, let’s just tell the world and give the pirates a big ol’ heads up.
Sneaky as an elephant on a hockey rink.
Will this be a super-secret rescue attempt, designed to catch the pirates completely by surprise and without warning? Good plan.
Too bad their civilian bosses in DC aren't. Look how much good a Diplo Passport does in Pakistan...
Beautiful boat.
http://www.svquest.com/svQuest.htm
I want that boat and way of life..... sooooooo darn bad.
These folks have been living my dream..... I wish them well and will say a few prayers for them.
Destroy the pirates immediately. They’re easy to spot.
I wonder why pirates would hijack a private yacht 275 miles off shore.
No way possible they could expect to make it back to Somali without intervention
Gee, didn’t Obama already come up with a comprehensive history making plan to eliminate the pirate issue?
I know, maybe Obama took laser like decisive action during the “summer of recovery” and we just happened to miss it. Maybe Obama is “allowing this to play out” before he saves the day... kinda like he did with Iran and a few dozen other important issues.
Obama has failed at everything.
You get a free yacht when you sign on as a missionary? Kewl!
Uh, what do they mean they are “prepared” for the rescue?
A curious turn of words. One would ASSUME they are “prepared”.
My guess is they are waiting for an O.K. from the Idiot in Change who is reluctant to administer much needed Yankee Justice to poor benighted villains of the third in desperate need of the same.
This has the finger prints of Obama, Holder and all the other “anti-colonist” racist bastards in the current administration.
When will Americans wake up to the fact that they put an anti-American racist in the White House?
Gee thanks Odumbo lets just phone them now. Hey pirates we are on our way. we will not shot, please, pretty please turn over the four americans and we will let you go. The new Odumbo rules for peaceful disarmanent of the military to deal armed pirates and terroists. the goal is that they will see that the americans just want to their friends.
I would like to see a Trident class sub pop up about a hundred feet away from these so called pirates.
“U.S. military officials say they’re prepared to rescue four American...”
Nothing like telegraphing your punch.
Just do it. If I’m held hostage, I don’t need greeting cards to my captors that the Navy SEALS are coming to rescue me.
Surprise me - especially my captors. Thank you.
Success of this rescue plan will depend entirely on the missionaries position!
Apparently all 4 perished...Obama was a “Day Late...and a Dollar Short” again (probably due to him “telegraphing” his “plan”):
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/22/501364/main20034691.shtml