While I do agree with the majority of your post, I do not agree with what you said about the Pirates not being brave enough to take one of our ships....I think those guys just pick and chose which ships they are going to take regardless of what country they are from.

I doubt very seriously that the Bush Administration as inept as people thought/think they were would have taken this long to act. That Captain is a hero, no doubt...and he needs to be brought home safely.

The French Navy just made a rescue of some French hostages that were being held by Somali Pirates and they lost only 1 hostage....but they did capture 3 pirates, who need to be hanged of course.