The hostage captain of the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips was freed from his Somali captors aft

er diving overboard. A short but intense gunfight erupted after the escape in which U.S. Navy SEALS blasted three of the four Somali pirates into oblivion and captured the fourth. 

Somali pirates onshore have told media that they have learned their lesson. It didn't sound like they plan to get honest jobs though. More than likely they won't spend a long time negotiating in the future. 

Somali villagers fear that the several dozen foreign nationals already being held as hostages will now come to harm in retaliation and that foreign militaries may begin escalating their responses, bombing and shelling their villages. 

Hmmmm. Maybe plan B would be to get the hell out of Dodge and take a few hostages with them as a gesture of good will, turn them over to the authorities safely, disavow the pirates and return the goods to their rightful owner. 

Once again the U.S. has had to lead the way to show the world that you just can't fuck with the last remaining superpower no matter how much we have been weakened by our own government. We are hardly a third world nation yet.