[Commodore]

This should be interesting. I wonder if the countries that those ships are flagged under will be asking for some US Navy Seal help (especially after all the help they offered us in freeing the civilian US captain from the thugs/pirates)? What ever happened to the "You want to play, you've got to pay" mentality that used to keep a little semblance of order in this media driven world? Sad truth but some innocents will be harmed or die if and when this thing escalates but the old WWII adage of 'acceptable losses' might be enough for the unfortunate people in those far off lands to stand up and do a little house cleaning of their own. If pirates persist on taking US citizens captive 'remove' them until common sense tells them that pirating may not be the best way to earn a living and then announce, "Who's next?" to the rest of the world. Might be time to keep the press and second guessers away from the action until it's finished. Story headline, "Now You See Them, Now You Don't". Watching this stuff as a military veteran makes me scratchy.