Yet the rescue was timed for the SOTU speech for maximum political effect.
Hey, Mr. Kenyan Muslim:
Posted on 01/25/2012 10:27:55 AM PST by sinanju
...In a statement sent to NBC News and other media, Obama says that he authorized the operation to rescue Buchanan.
"Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations Forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home," he says. "As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts."
Obama, who spoke to Buchanan's father Tuesday night, says she was "selflessly serving her fellow human beings when she was taken hostage by criminals and pirates who showed no regard for her health and well-being."
He says he told her father that "all Americans have Jessica in our thoughts and prayers, and give thanks that she will soon be reunited with her family."
"The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people, and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice," Obama adds. "This is yet another message to the world that the United States of America will stand strongly against any threats to our people."...
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It was *so* nice of him to let the SEALS save her.
[I bet her parents are glad it’s political grandstanding time]
Thank God and the SEALS she’s safe.
Yep. For three months she was held and Obama timed it for his SOTU speech instead of going to get her immediately.
I still can’t believe that Obama green-lighted an operation against his fellow African Mooselimbs!
As you know by now, *finessing* these things take *time*.
/dripping sarcasm
How many stoopid sheople will fall for this stunt?
That poor girl.
God knows what they did to her during those _three long months_.
Just don’t get kidnapped by Hamas or Hezbollah. Or arrested by Iran. That would be different.
It's an election year and there was bad economic information he wanted off the news wires.
That’s why I keep my skinny arse out here in bitter, gun-toting, Bible-clinging cracker world; to avoid those scenarios.
Yet the rescue was timed for the SOTU speech for maximum political effect.
Hey, Mr. Kenyan Muslim:
You really need to click to the link and see the vid. They go into detail that the rescue went down DURING the STOTU speech and (breathlessly) Obama dropped a hint during the backslapping phase when he cryptically congratulated SecDef Panetta.
So these aid workers were kidnapped back in October and their dramatic rescue came EXACTLY while Obama was giving his speech?
Amazing. I wonder what the SEALs think of him?
That said, and I recognize she was doing humanitarian work, why would any American set foot in Somalia? The only part of their economy that works is kidnapping Westerners for ransom.
The MSM was all "Obamah rescues hostages" this morning instead of critiquing the state of the Obamah Economy.
Should have dropped a few MOABs on the site and surrounding area where they were rescued.
And not a single word was written about it in the Danish or American press until last week, when MSNBC.com published a blurb (via Reuters) containing both of their names. Nice timing.
How does a pretty American woman getting kidnapped by Somalia pirates elude the entire news media for so long?
Everything is suspect. Including the OBL fairy tale.
Their organization specialized in de-mining as well as aiding Somali refugees across the border in Kenya.
God bless ALL of our veterans, Navy SEALS, and especially our snipers!
Who said he was a Marxist, military-hating, anti-Israel, pro-Islamic pink, baby-man?
"The raiders came in quickly, catching the guards as they were sleeping after having chewed the narcotic leaf qat for much of the evening, a pirate who gave his name as Bile Hussein told The Associated Press by phone. Hussein said he was not present at the site but had spoken with other pirates who were, and that they told him nine pirates had been killed in the raid and three were "taken away."
Bile Hussein! My new favorite nickname!
And, of course, the AP is right there for the staged photo-op of Bile Hussein and the missus reenacting the awesome moment of bravery when Bile jumped in front of the speeding credit and saved the Seal team from getting splattered with it.
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