A good idea would be to have the world's navies be seen along their coastline in a good old fashion blockage.
"World's Navys" ....exactly, send our fair share of security (I wouldn't call it blockage), however any country that has vidal shipping interest ought to be involved in that shipping lane. Expose and call out the countries effected that sit back and do nothing and expect the U.S. to rekindle our role as the "World's Police".
He wont do a thing, Just like Clinton. Only worse.
Sickening thing we (not me) voted in for commander in chief. Maybe if we talk nice to them they will settle down. Yeah that works.
2012 a long way off.
Our Navy responded ASAP, why politicize this incident ?.... Oh yeah, for entertainment purposes. But just for kicks and gigglles, revisit history and comeback with this myth of Democrats being weak militarily.
Shall we blow the lifeboat and the American Capt out of the water? Is that your knee jerk solution ?
This Administration has no plans of backing down militarily any where in the world, if you keep up with the news.....Wkmac for his own entertainment purposes, has been posting link after link of Obama's likeness to Bush when it comes to foreign policy. Right wingers are secertly salivating this unpopular but neccessary repair of Bush's blunders and should just stop hiding behind closet doors....Bring on 2012.....
Totally blow every pirate ship they see out of the water. Rescue captain then blow that one outta the water. Then we will no longer have a pirate problem if they know we will no longer tolerate it. If the USA flexs its muscle, they will back down. Unfortunately I believe we have wimped out.
Signal the "Batman", sonar signal "Aquaman".....lets just pluck the Capt out of the lifeboat and turn the Somalians into chum......

...it's that simple !!!!
Seriously Tooner, these are not your stero-typical Pirate ships with Skull-and-cross bone sails sitting on tall masts, and grey-beard Capt's with eye patches, wooden legs and a hook for a hand, running around the deck drinking rum, chasing wenches
."Arrg"
How are you to determine who are the pirates and who is the commericial fisherman or father and son outing....How much collateral damage is acceptable to you.
These ships make enough money to hire privately heavily armed security personal without looking for expense gov't military welfare for escorts against small bands of criminals with no sophisticated weapons. The Earth is composed of 70% water surface, the navy can't be everywhere.