Posted on 04/10/2009 9:49:58 AM PDT by American Dream 246
...Van wrote, "We should have put a SEAL team in the water early on, even before the U.S. Warship arrived, by aircraft, low on the horizon. We should have jammed their communications. They are giving interviews to Reuters, for Chrissakes! SEALs probably would have thrown a stun grenage and teargas in that lifeboat and brought the entire mess to a conclusion. The Marines and Navy soldiers were probably tripping over themselves to volunteer for this mission.
And those 3 pirate towns mentioned in the piece? I would level them. Give tehm 24 hours to vacate. Period. Do you think Churchill, Eisenhower, or, Parron, especially, would have countenanced this pussy approach. Sorry, but you use that word, too.
And the sentence about the pirates not wanting to be harmed. Now, isn't that rich. America has become a gelding. I am this close to ordering that DTOM Navy Flag and stickers from Gadsen! "
Truman and FDR fit into this time line of events.
Of course the history of pirates operating from African go back to our country’s founding days.
Yeah..., at first it just started to be for Americans only. Then as I thought about it, I did think that foreigners could be listed, too, or the enemy. But, then I wonder about how unwieldy the whole thing would get. I would have to figure out a concise way of listing it, but being obvious, too... about what was being listed.
Thanks for the suggestion...
You said — Truman and FDR fit into this time line of events.
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Well, as I said earlier, it just started out with a “smart-a**” quote from me and then, with a bunch of FReepers giving me stuff to add to it — it turned into the full blown list that it is.
And then, when someone started giving me stuff going back to the early 1900s, I said I didn’t know this was going to go back before World War 2 ... LOL...
But, yes, I figure that FDR and Truman can be put in there. I guess there are events that are not part of World War 2, which happened with each one.
I’ll await other FReepers giving me the info.... :-)
A list of these events going back to FDR is a great history lesson of how our country has been challenged by pirates, outlaws and outlaw nations.
A lot of people would like forget these events and stick their head in the sands of history.
Thanks for starting it and maybe you might post the final up todate results on your home page.
Then you can add events as they happen, and we will see a lot in the next 4-8 years.
You said — Thanks for starting it and maybe you might post the final up todate results on your home page.
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Oh..., I was wondering about that, on how to keep the updates going. That’s a good idea... thanks...
This list will be a terrific learning tool and history lesson.
Too many people see one event and think that is the only thing that has happened to America re events like these.
Updating our home page is simple and the past data stays there.
You are correct about not including WWII but including events that led up to it or events not really noted by history like the attacks of Uboats up and down our coasts during WWII against our ships and even harbors. These attacks were kept quiet and many were still classified decades later.
Heck, you might have the basis for an interesting book.
Yeah, you’re right, a great learning tool. Actually, I was sort of amazed myself, after seeing it. I didn’t even realize all that stuff. I did, actually, but not all together in one list. That was the amazing part.
But, a book — nahhhh... that’s way too much... :-)
I will. Right now, I’m just beside myself with hijacking crap and our illegal alien PRES__ENT, who hasn’t even had the time, or intelligence, to address the Nation, nor mount a recovery effort.
But, he has time to order a pizza from 800 miles away!
“K”... :-)
It is a list that needs to be compiled for history and a perspective of today’s events.
Books have been based on a lot less that what you have now and will have.
Well, I’ll have to think a long while on that one. But, there are others who may get that same idea, too... :-)
Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.
I’d love both.
It’s a great doc.
Much appreciated.
PLEASE PING ME TO ANY UPDATES.
AND, IT’S HELPFUL
if you just post the whole thing anew with each update.
Thanks.
I want to make copies for selected individuals when another few iterations are complete.
Bless you in your efforts.
Someone suggested me posting the updates on my home page, which I think will be the thing to do...
Thanks for your supportive comments...
“K”... :-)
That would be great, too.
Though most of us are spoiled to rely on pings etc.
LUB
I can always let you know about updates... :-)
You’ve got a good ping list going (one or two or three...., I don’t know how many... :-) .... ).
I Have 2 basic ping lists . . .
END TIMES, DREAMS, VISIONS, PROPHECY
AND
UFO’S
I have now broken those down into
A) ORIGINAL LARGEST LEAST FREQUENTLY PINGED
B) MORE OFTEN PINGED
C) MORE OFTEN PINGED
D) MOST FREQUENTLY PINGED, SMALLEST BUDDY LIST
Anything else is a temporary list. More or less.
There are some Calvinists I respect that I often ping as a group—out of my memory in my head of their screen names.
Thx Thx.
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