Sailor hostage situation, Obama's Carter moment?
As you may be aware by now, for the first time in 200 years American sailors have been hijacked by pirates. Apparently the story is not important enough for CNN, but for the families of those individuals involved the importance of this story and their reliance on mass media is something we cannot imagine. As of now, our president has not said one word about this situation and Eric Holder has expressed concern over handling the pirate situation from a legal perspective . Personally I fail to see what legal complication there can possibly be with PIRATES. Pirates are thieves and murderers, they roam the seas and prey on innocent merchant ships. We have the biggest and most powerful navy in the world, using a combination of air and fast moving destroyers there should only be scraps of pirates left - and the only legal complication is whether or not the torpedoes used to destroy the pirates are environmentally friendly. Historically speaking, being attacked by Muslim pirates is not