[Girlene]

A bit more from the AP, US captain tries to swim away from Somali pirates

............."Negotiations are taking place between the pirates and the captain of the USS Bainbridge, who is taking direction from the FBI, the defense officials said. The destroyer arrived on the scene Thursday and is within sight of the lifeboat.

The bandits are communicating with other pirate vessels by satellite phone, officials said. Pirate vessels apparently were also heading to the scene to provide them backup."

[Concho]

Sounds like a plan, dangle the bait, and when the school approaches, then blast the whole dam mess out of the sea.

Somehow I cant, in my own mind, imagine that the pirates are racing to the scene to take on several warships. One could always hope, but my question is, if the captain was in the water, why did the Bainbridge not hose that boat with machine gun fire and put a stop to the situation right there? What the Hell is going on there that someone was not on rail duty with an M-60? The opportunity of the day, in their laps, and the Navy sets there with their thumbs up their a-holes. Unforgivable.