| Obama jokes Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:03 AM PDT 
In his Saturday radio address, President Barack Obama told Somali pirates he is sending Vice-President Joe Biden to meet with them aboard their dinghy to resolve the crisis.
''I will not be held hostage to a situation that was allowed to grow and fester under the previous administration. President Bush never reached out to the Somali pirate community; instead, he arrogantly dismissed them as barbarians and thieves.''
The President said the high seas entrepreneurs mistakenly targeted a U. S. Flagged vessel because of dense fog caused by global warming. He has authorized Vice-President Biden to share the Navy's ship identification technology with pirates to avoid a repeat of the incident. In addition, the President said he is prepared to meet the pirates at the White House for talks.
''I fully acknowledge that decades of American imperialism have led us to this point,'' the President continued. ''However, this all must come to an end by the Sunday morning talk shows. If that deadline passes with no resolution, I will order the American warships to withdraw, leaving Joe Biden in that lifeboat with the pirates until they come to their senses and beg to be rescued themselves. The choice is theirs.''
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