A widely circulated email bashing Barack Obama — part of which was quoted by some in the media — is most likely bogus.

The email, allegedly authored by a retired Rear Adm. named Lou Sarosdy, begins, “Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for four days, I got the following…”

    It goes on to criticize President Barack Obama for not authorizing the military to act more aggressively during the stand-off, which ended with snipers killing three Somali pirates. The e-mail claims that Obama rejected two proposed rescue plans and that Phillips was saved only after naval officers at the scene decided on their own to proceed.

    There’s at least one problem. Sarosdy says he didn’t write it. And he doesn’t know if anything in it is true.

    “I don’t know any SEALs,” said Sarosdy, 81, speaking by phone from his home in Pensacola, Fla. “I have no idea who transmitted that.” (LINK)

Meanwhile, the fourth Somali pirate, Abduhl Wal-i-Musi (pictured above), is on his way to New York where he will tried for piracy on the high seas. His mother back in Somalia claims her son is only 16. But state department officials dispute her claims, saying he’s closer to 18 or 19.

Regardless, if he’s old enough to rob and steal — and possibly commit murder — he’s old enough to be tried and executed for his crimes.