The Ramifications of Weakness: American hostages taken by Somali pirates

Somali pirates captured Maersk Alabama, a U.S. flagged container ship, along with 20 American crew members on Wednesday. This ship was reportedly carrying millions of pounds of relief aid to Kenya's port of Mombasa.

The hijacking is the first to involve a United States-flagged ship and American crew members. TigerHawk has several questions.

Why has this not happened before? Why were these pirates not deterred by the prospects of a response from the United States Navy (the very first mission of which was to stop piracy from Africa)? What will our president do about it?

This is a far more important moment for Barack Obama than the news media, judging by the lack of coverage on cable news this morning, believes it to be.

Or wants it to be.

This all seems strangely familiar.

The modern Democrat Party has yet to learn the first rule of the elementary school playground.

Weakness begets conflict. And, unfortunately, this is just the first chapter.


Hat tip: Larwyn