Oh wow, you read that on blog, no less. I spent 25-years in navy law enforcement. My "horizons" are expanded just fine. Thanks anyways.
I don't care what god the Somali Pirates pray to, just like I don't care what god the Colombian drug lords, or wild west bandits prayed to. They, like the pirates, are engaging in a purely for-profit criminal enterprise.
Whether Islamic or not, the problem you have is you are dealing with more variable psychologies than a common criminal will likely present.
I read one account where the pirates were all hopped up on the local drug of choice, Khat. After they secured the hostages, the pirates began arguing, broke into two groups, and had a gunfight right in front of the hostages, with one pirate group killing the other pirate group. I’m guessing the environment they grew up in had a lot of desperation, and cheap life. I’m not sure how much use negotiating with guys like that will be, especially while they are high, or going through withdrawal.
Not that you can’t get that with an American bank robber, or a Cartel chief, but it would seem less likely.
If the FBI had full control of the situation this time around, and the military was just there for support, then this was Obama’s screwup. At this point the whole federal government - even the FBI’s negotiation team, is far more suspect IMHO than the military.
There is no doubt who I’d want in control, if it were me, and I would extend that courtesy to my fellow Americans.
The whole problem we have is that we all know, deep down, Liberals are traitors, who value our enemies’ lives more than those of Americans. Any time Obama deals with a case like this, we know he will be catering the response to value the lives of our enemies, even at the expense of Americans on the ground. Thus, this is a matter for “Law Enforcement”, not the military, and these guys need to be arrested, not killed. It really produces an untenable state of affairs domestically.