Originally Posted by SASless
Obama was going to send the FBI to the Maersk Alabama scene to negotiate with the Pirates....the on-site Commander used his ROE's to remedy the situation by turning the SEAL's loose. A few rifle shots to the heads of the Pirates and the Alabama Captain was a free Man.
Or to put it another way
US acted after pirates aimed at ship captain
Reuters April 12, 2009
President Barack Obama gave authority to kill the Somali pirates holding U.S. cargo ship captain Richard Phillips, and a commander acted when he concluded the pirates were about to kill the hostage, a U.S. Navy official said on Sunday.
"They were pointing the AK-47s at the captain," Vice Adm. William Gortney, head of the U.S. Naval Central Command, said in a Pentagon briefing from Bahrain.
Gortney also said Washington had rejected negotiations with the pirates. "The United States government policy is to not negotiate," he said.
Sorry if this doesn't support this particular Obama conspiracy.
I/C