US Captain freed from Somali pirates
At least some good news regarding the festering pirate situation. US Captain held hostage for 5 days finally got rescued by Navy SEALs . Looks like the courageous captain made a second escape attempt and our special forces trained in these kinds of situations reacted. What is especially important to note is that many speculated that our navy was under direct orders from the top to NOT fire on the pirates. We may never know the truth, but I suspect that the first escaped attempt was simply a botched operation that our SEALs were not prepared to handle. There are all sorts of speculations and rightfully so to suggest that there was absolutely no way that the first attempt was botched, primarily because escape attempts that are closely watched almost always react in gunfire. Still, I find it very hard to imagine that such strict orders would suddenly change from the first attempt to the second. Conservatives especially are angry and suggest that these orders came from the White House, b...