These murders are the “fault” of only one group of people: the pirates.
Anybody, no matter who, can make mistakes when negotiating with kidnappers, because you never know what is going through their crazy minds. The only “mistake” I think was made was to treat this like a kidnapping, just a normal criminal act, and not like piracy on the high seas, which is something that requires a military response and not a law-enforcement response (other than good old military justice solution of a speedy trial and swift execution).
That said, the death of these hostages was not the fault of the FBI, the Navy, or anybody but the pirates.
You are wrong, this was a command failure. This is not the proper role of the FBI. The dead are dead because of Obama and those in official positions who tolerate him.
How much of great pension and travel expense with those FBI Agents end up with? Is their end dead bleeding on the deck of boat hijacked in the wide ocean? No way! They’ll get promotions and pensions!
It must have been a really cool and fun trip for them. Exotic travel, excitement! But they don’t get hurt. They get PERKS!
The pirates pulled the trigger. What set this whole thing in motion was the terminal stupidity of the yacht crew members. They left the relative security of a group of fellow sailors that were in a small flotilla organized to provide safe passage thru these treacherous waters. In my opinion no American lives should have been jeopardized to assist in their rescue. Had no one responded chances are they would still be alive.
However, questioning whether or not the FBI should have even been involved at all is definitely relevant.