Originally Posted by Howitzer

From what I'm told they have to use kid gloves because there are still many people being held hostage from other hijackings at sea and ashore so bombing and killing may mean certain death for them. Personally I think pirates need to be tracked via UAV when they leave port and be blown out of the water when they reach a certain point. The assets with the hostage situation skill set are in very short supply and needed in other parts of the world reequipping and re-tasking SEAL Team 6 or Delta is not an easy thing to do, the run of the mill SEAL is not trained to pull an operation like this off.