Posted on 04/13/2009 4:00:39 AM PDT by Hanna548
President Barack Obama twice authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain held by Somali pirates and whose life appeared to be at risk. Officials say Obama gave the OK on Friday and Saturday to rescue Capt. Richard Phillips from a lifeboat off the Somali coast. Officials say both times the Pentagon believed Phillips' life was at risk.
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So he waited four days before having to give the order twice? Was the Navy that stupid that the Messiah had to repeat himself?
And why is this even in the article? Does Obama give the order to the FBI anytime there is a hostage crises?
Sadly now he's trying to take the credit.
prisoner6
That's what I was thinking...what kind of commander even tolerates having to give the same order twice??? Maybe a poor one...
The mere fact that he has not denied makes me think of this as more a ‘stopped clock’ moment. Right twice a day. I’m very glad the way that turned out. Happy for the crew and their families.
I dont have the facts, so I will hold off judgement.
It’s funny...last week Mrs. Bill Clinton called them criminals. Doesn’t that mean they were due a trial? 0bama treated them like common terrorists...
Ok so ZERO grew pair.... jeez enuff
Ok so ZERO grew a pair.... jeez enuff
I don’t know of any President that wouldn’t have given the order to rescue a hostage if the opportunity warrant but usually they don’t need to do it twice.
Look at it this way... He acted faster than Jimmuh Crackpeanuts.
Is this one of those “give the devil his due” moments?
When I read he gave the order twice,,, it seemed like an odd thing for the White House to put out there. What are they trying to say?? The military screwed up the first time??? The military didn’t move fast enough??? Obama was ahead of the military???
I’m wondering if the military under orders had to stand back,,(due to the fact the captain jumped out of the boat once already and the military did nothing) and after that,, the military just was ready and acted on there own and Obama then saved face!
I really think none of this is as the media says it is. Last week as I listened to radio news talk about the FBI negotiator, they were going on and on about how difficult hostage negotiations are and the need for experts in such matters. Another diss on the military. This did not go the way Obama had planned me thinks!
Obama [twice] authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain,guess the first order was a test run to see what the polls showed.
This is curious. Were the orders situational, that is for that specific situation? Was the first order unclear or just good for an hour? Why would you need two separate orders? It seems like having to get top level approval for military action is unwieldy if there is a lot going on. There is a lot going on in the offices of the White House. Let's talk about micro management!
Sounds like the One’s orders are only good for so many hours or days and have to be reviewed when the press have their say on the matter.
He is soooooooo contemptible..... puhleeze impeach him!
LLS
On second thought - he was busy - adopting the new dog.
He sure has heavy lifting on the job doesn’t he?
.....This did not go the way Obama had planned me thinks!....
Interesting thoughts. I think that the Brown clown did attempt to bring about a peaceful conclusion using the best resource available in his government. That resource or tool if you will was the hostage negotiators from the FBI. There was a report that the Navy does not have such experts.
The pirates did not respond.The pirates were confident in the precedent that since no pirates had been killed, the danger was small. They had nothing but time and no reason to give in. The ultimate question to be argued is was there imminent danger. The Naval commander determined there was. End of the crisis.
LLS
Maybe he was waiting to see the results of a public opinion poll before doing anything.
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