While Barry dithers over a pirate hostage-taking, the original surrender monkeys go to battle stations.
UPDATE: The price of dithering. More hostages taken in another U.S.-flagged vessel. Meanwhile, humor via the Seablogger, as Barry reaches out to the "moderate pirate community." Yeah, that’ll work.
MORE: Barry must have finally gotten the message, because the Navy has freed the first hostage.
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