Pirates

The greatest navy this planet has ever seen needs to make an example of the Somali pirates now floating adrift in a powerless lifeboat with an American citizen held hostage.

When an American flag flies above a boat, the boat should be deemed untouchable. Let countries that negotiate with pirates be the ones to worry about future incidents.

This, of course, cannot be done without the hostage being placed in perilous danger. All attempts should be made to kill the pirates without killing the hostage. This, I suppose, puts the big guns and torpedoes off limits for this particular operation.

Three world televised sniper shots should be adequate.

Let the French negotiate.