A Chance for the Obama Administration to Show Some Backbone

Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 US citizens

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 20 American crew members onboard, according to the shipping company.

The 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama was carrying emergency relief to Mombasa, Kenya, at the time it was hijacked, said Peter Beck-Bang, spokesman for the Copenhagen-based container shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk.

This is a perfect opportunity for the Obama administration to turn the military loose. Personally, I believe that any pirates that they do capture need to be tried and hung from the yardarm.

EDIT: Apparently the crew took back the ship and captured one of the pirates. Time to hang him from the yardarm.