.....This did not go the way Obama had planned me thinks!....
Interesting thoughts. I think that the Brown clown did attempt to bring about a peaceful conclusion using the best resource available in his government. That resource or tool if you will was the hostage negotiators from the FBI. There was a report that the Navy does not have such experts.
The pirates did not respond.The pirates were confident in the precedent that since no pirates had been killed, the danger was small. They had nothing but time and no reason to give in. The ultimate question to be argued is was there imminent danger. The Naval commander determined there was. End of the crisis.
I understand the negotiators did manage to transfer one terrorist to the Bainbridge to aid in “negotiating,” have a raft in the water to provide water/food, and agree to a tow line. That is quite an accomplishment. Then the fact that the terrorists felt comfortable exposing themselves giving the marksmen good targets tells me this was well coordinated between the Navy skipper, Seals and FBI.