Posted on 04/12/2009 5:12:26 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The moment that they showed three heads, they were DEAD.
Heresy!
Very interesting, sounds like the captain decided a clean shot on all three was an opportunity and decided to take it. Doesn’t sound like the pirates were about to shoot the captain. This was real hardball, which I think is appropriate for pirates. A very gutsy move, also taking advantage of the absence of the 4th pirate who was negotiating.
I don’t Think the White house has a recent reputation for “truthfulness”.
They were probably ready to say “obama did not authorize Deadly force” if things had gone badly for the Captain.
Obama was ready to “bow” out on Bad news.
The only good Muslim pirate, is a dead Muslim pirate.
Amen.
Conjecture, based on what I read in the funny books and see on computer games:
Three snipers stationed on the fantail of USS Bainbridge reported that each had their assigned target in their scopes and had a clean shot.
Captain of Bainbridge assessed reports of snipers and with understanding of imminent danger to the hostage, ordered snipers to engage.
Snipers engaged, the three shots coming within a single second of one another.
Three pirates cease to exist.
LRB (Little Rubber Boat) embarks from Bainbridge to lifeboat, retreives hostage, and returns.
4th pirate placed under arrest and informed of his likely future.
Hey there,
Seals Rule!
Let's be honest here. We won't know all the inside details until Vice President Biden decides to fill everyone in on how it really happened. Ole Joe will tell us all about it sooner or later, as only he can tell it.
Hello,How do you know they were not going to shoot him.
“The only good Muslim pirate, is a dead Muslim pirate.”
So does this mean that there are some good non-Muslim pirates? Just trying to keep the rules straight.
I bet Obama will bring him to US soil, then find an ACLU lawyer to get him released.
But it would be entertaining to see the hypocricy if the pirate is very quietly taken to Gitmo.
Again I hate to defend Obama; but this seems like exactly the best way to have handled it.
The professional people on the scene were given permission to do what was needed.
The stories last night were implying that the life boat was drifting to shore and were helpless to stop it.
That apparently was not the case fortunately.
so many pirates, so few yardarms.
Who cares. They had the chance to do what they should have done day one.
My question is:were the Navy’s hands tied when the Captain jumped into the water?
I hope they learned their lesson, don’t mess with the U.S. Navy or the Marines or the Army or even the Coast Guard.
I think that this skinny will not go to Gitmo. He will find himself in the Federal system and will be tried in due course. The penalties for piracy on the high seas are rather straightforward, the left having paid little attention to this element of the law. He will be convicted, and will likely be confined to Marion or some similar venue.
He will rot in prison as is appropriate to his station in life.
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