Why doesn't the US Navy just sub the pirate job out to the Israelies? They'll get it done & save the Capt. Waiting for the US Government and the hang over from the Grand Old Party is a hopeless exercise; the current government is saturated with the incompetent filth, centralized planning and decision making left over and it'll take a time to flush it. To bad for Obama, his inheritence is horrible, but, given time I believe he has what it takes. He just has to surround himself with better people and get rid of the dead old idealogs, incompetent bunglers and rabid bufoons.