http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL851535820090408NAIROBI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The crew of a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship on Wednesday but their captain was still being held hostage on a lifeboat, the shipping line and a crew member said.
The crew of 20 Americans were in control of the ship and were trying to negotiate their captain's release while they waited for a U.S. warship to arrive, second mate Ken Quinn told CNN.
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The ship seizure, about 300 miles off Somalia, was the first time Somali pirates have seized U.S. citizens, if only briefly.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was very worried by the hijacking and called for world action to end the "scourge" of piracy.
It's easy to end the scourge of piracy: You identify the pirates' hangouts and vessels, you keep an eye on them with satellites, you dispatch warships, and you preemptively sink their boats.
How hard is it?
Teddy Roosevelt would be shaking his head at today's military. They can't prevent Israelis from flying planes into the World Trade Center, they can't bring those grunting animals to justice when they're found out, they get the wrong guys in Iraq and Afghanistan --you know, places that had nothing to do with 9-11-- they rape little girls and boys in gulag hellholes, aaaannnnnndddd --drumroll, please-- they can't manage to rid the shipping lanes of guys with machetes and AK-47s in speedboats.
I'm pretty sure the Department of Defense does absolutely nothing.
