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The Pirates Challenge Obama's Pre-9/11 Mentality
Wall Street Journal ^ | 4/11/09 | MACKUBIN THOMAS OWENS

Posted on 04/11/2009 4:41:59 AM PDT by jimbo123

When Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama this week and took 20 Americans hostage, President Barack Obama refused to comment. It seems that our new president is desperate to do everything he can to distance himself from his predecessor, which is why his team has launched a campaign to rebrand the War on Terror. The results are mystifying. "Overseas contingency operations" is the new name for the war, while "man-caused disasters" is a euphemism for terrorist attacks.

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1 posted on 04/11/2009 4:41:59 AM PDT by jimbo123
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The results are mystifying.

They certainly "miss defying" our country's enemies, foreign and domestic.

HF

2 posted on 04/11/2009 4:45:33 AM PDT by holden
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To: jimbo123

Operation “Focus Group” isn’t going as well as Obama would like.


3 posted on 04/11/2009 4:46:15 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: jimbo123

There is no shortage of teapots and rabbits in this administration and no shortage of fodder for psychiatrists and men with white coats.

IMHO


4 posted on 04/11/2009 4:49:11 AM PDT by ripley
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To: jimbo123

No. When will people realise Hussein is most definitely in his Islamic post 9/11 mentality and is out to destroy America.


5 posted on 04/11/2009 4:49:32 AM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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To: ripley

Someone should start a pool for when the butterfly net arrives.

6 posted on 04/11/2009 4:50:46 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: agere_contra
Obama is just doing the bidding of his muslim masters.


7 posted on 04/11/2009 4:51:01 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

CNN this morning was terribly frustrated that Obama has refused to make absolutely any public comment on the situation. They are in poor spirits I guess.


8 posted on 04/11/2009 4:52:17 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: jimbo123

This is an important article that clearly explains the distinctions involved in this broad issue. Fascinating, IMO.

For those who haven’t clicked the link to read the entire article, you should click and read.


9 posted on 04/11/2009 4:53:51 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: jimbo123

Peter Pan shows better sense dealing with pirates than Obama.


10 posted on 04/11/2009 4:54:57 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (To stand up for Capitalism is to hope Teleprompter Boy fails.)
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To: jimbo123

“man-caused disasters”
A racist phrase if I ever heard one.


11 posted on 04/11/2009 4:55:13 AM PDT by BilLies
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To: bgill

When will people realise Hussein is most definitely in his Islamic post 9/11 mentality and is out to destroy America.
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I was convinced before he was elected! It really is the only reasonable explanation, nobody with a brain can believe that what Obama, Pelosi, Frank and the rest are doing and saying is any kind of an effort to improve things, I refuse to believe they can be that stupid and still tie their own shoes. Therefore they must be INTENTIONALLY wrecking the country and stealing everything they can lay their hands on while they lie like crossties on a railroad and exhibit a complete indifference to the havoc they are creating.


12 posted on 04/11/2009 5:03:16 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Change has come to America and all hope is gone.)
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To: Eye of Unk
CNN this morning was terribly frustrated that Obama has refused to make absolutely any public comment on the situation. They are in poor spirits I guess.

I guess they are in need of hearing from The One. His words alone will replenish their spirit. (Of course that is all they will get, just words.)

13 posted on 04/11/2009 5:03:43 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: BilLies

What if a woman suicide bomber is involved?


14 posted on 04/11/2009 5:08:16 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: Lawgvr1955

This is shameful.


15 posted on 04/11/2009 5:15:16 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

“Someone should start a pool for when the butterly net arrives.”

I won’t bet, but I’ll hope, that real soon, by way of an honest and un-acorned electoral process, they’ll be sent to the corner with all the other psychotics to brood about lost power.

IMHO

(Thank you for the wonderful picture. Still ROTFLMAO.
printer whirring as we speak.)


16 posted on 04/11/2009 5:15:50 AM PDT by ripley
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He's certifiable, no doubt. Not in touch with reality.

17 posted on 04/11/2009 5:19:27 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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Obama’s refusal to speak out about the pirates—in the hope of not having to take any sort of action about this—is certainly a far cry from President Truman’s statement that “the buck stops here.” Obama wants to be President without having to take responsibility for his Administration’s aimless foreign policy. It is certainly ironic that he has no qualms about interfering in the operations of private businesses, about telling executives and companies how to do their jobs, but he is not willing to carry out the most important responsibility of his job, which is national security, protecting the lives of Americans at home and abroad. He hasn’t even been office three months and he is already failing to live up to his oath of office. Every day I lose respect for this man. It is obvious that he is just a power-hungry demagogue who really doesn’t care about the welfare of the U.S.


18 posted on 04/11/2009 5:28:13 AM PDT by steadfastconservative
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
Every one on this site is in agreement that the O man has been a complete and utter disaster for our country. The question that keeps coming up however is whether he is the devious tactician who is underhandedly steering the country towards socialism, or just an overwhelmed community organizer who's bat crazy. The implications for our country are terrible in either scenario but I'd like to get the take on what other Freepers think about this.
19 posted on 04/11/2009 5:32:06 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: BilLies

A racist phrase if I ever heard one...

Sexist, actually.


20 posted on 04/11/2009 5:34:43 AM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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