It didn’t appear to be that way to me, it appeared to be standard operating procedure...
I really don't care about SOP. I care about taking the first real opportunity to save the life of a brave American. The tactics had been textbook up until the SEAL team arrived Saturday night, as there really was not a viable tactical option other than to stall. But the SEALs should have been allowed to kill the pirates at the first viable opportunity. Instead, waiting until they were threatening the captain left the SEALs with much more difficult shots and put the captain in more danger than necessary.