Very unfortunately in the eyes of Al Qaeda, Taliban, Iran, and North Korea let alone China and Russia we have been greatly humiliated because it took us 5 days to free a hostage taken by 4 Somali pirates trapped on a tiny boat in the middle of the ocean surrounded by the mightiest Navy in history of man. A situation that could have been solved in the first few hours if not for defeatist Obama who did not take any action to resolve it then.
What they concluded is that Obama is extremely weak and because of this they are going to cause us a lot of harm.
Yes, playing chess with for pirates is not like playing chess with China.
However, in the end there was victory and our man is safe.
Now, what do you think should have been done in the first 24 hours to save the captain?