I give Obama an A on his response to this.
Obama did good.
When this mess started, I kept telling my wife that the Navy Seals need to do something, and to my surprise they did.
I had pictured them diving to the boat under the cover of darkness, putting some small holes in the side. Once the pirates saw water coming in, they would bailout and the Seals could take them out.
I have not heard at to what happened, but I beat the pirates were opening the top hatch at night to get some fresh air, and the Seals took advantage of this.
