A weak President that acts weakly...

It seems that the White House is either not discussing the hostage situation with the Somali pirates and Capt. Richard Phillips because they are planning some sort of covert action or they are paralyzed by their inherent weakness which leads one to think they are legitimately incompetent to deal with this type of situation given the resources within Mr. Obama's reach. The captain is obviously a hero for trading himself for his crew members and I understand that they are either still in debriefing by the FBI or are done.

What amazes me is that we have navy warships at the scene and when the captain made his unsuccessful escape it would have been a good time at that moment to open fire and destroy the pirates, but it looks like the situation didn't present itself to take that kind of action or they are under a no fire order. How is it that these pirates are not afraid of the most powerful navy in the world? Have we become so hobbled as a nation under the order of liberalism and leftism that we can't even send our most powerful arsenals not to mention the men and women trained for this very thing against a rag-tag fleet of 8th world sub-humans?

Edit: 4/12/09

Looks like the Captain has been rescued. No word on whether it was an overt or covert operation. I really don't care either way, just as long as he is safe and sound. The guy is a hero and needs to be treated as such. However, it would be interesting to know the details of his rescue. That stuff fascinates me either way. Unfortunately, I think the longer lasting damage of the presidents perceived hesitation has already been done. Expect more American piracy hostages in the future.