Maersk Alabama: Time to Send in the Seals!!

It is time for America to act and dispense with this nuisance of the radical Muslim pirates who took an American hostage.

Send in the Navy Seals to sneak up on the 28-foot lifeboat the pirates and their hostage are on and take care of business.

Would this be risky to the Alabama's captain? Yes. But if the French can do it, I should think the U.S, can too:

The French government has sent in their forces to free hostages:

— In September 2008, France dispatched elite commandos on a night operation to free two French hostages from their captured sailboat. The 30-some soldiers, wearing night-vision goggles, boarded the ship and in about 10 minutes killed one pirate, captured six others and pulled the French Polynesian couple to safety.

— The first such rescue by French troops was in April 2008. The helicopter-borne French troops swooped in on Somali pirates, capturing six of them, after the hijackers released dozens of hostages who had been held on a yacht.

Or is Obama too concerned -- yet again -- with what the "world" might think of us to do something that could end this standoff, potentially rescue an American, and perhaps make these people think twice before attacking another U.S.-flagged ship.

It is appalling that there appears to be no plan for dealing with a situation that has been going on for months, and getting worse.

Since January, pirates have staged 66 attacks, and they are still holding 14 ships and 260 crew members as hostages, according to the International Maritime Bureau, a watchdog group based in Kuala Lumpur.

If this is how Obama deals with a relatively minor crisis, how will he handle a major catastrophe inside this country?

The time for action is now, Barack. The longer this goes on, the weaker we look to our enemies. DO SOMETHING!!