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U.S. navy, pirates negotiate over hostage captain
Reuters ^
| Thu Apr 9, 2009 7:04pm EDT
| Abdi Sheikh and Andrew Quinn
Posted on 04/09/2009 4:46:01 PM PDT by topfile
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So now Obama is negotiating....delicately...
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:46:01 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: topfile
I think diverting 3 carrier task forces would really impress both the pirates.
To: topfile
WWRD?
(What would Reagan do?)
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:49:08 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: Snickering Hound
Or just toss four caskets in water next to them.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: topfile
Obama a new kind of President...
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:50:10 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: topfile
Negotiate!
It’s Carter all over again.
When a US naval ship shows up it doesn’t negotiate - it dictates.
These Obama buffoons are so in over their heads that I don’t think we can last four years.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:52:07 PM PDT
by
oldbill
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
" WWRD?
(What would Reagan do?)
He would give those Muslim PI RATS the gift of seeing Allah and the 72 virgins sooner than they thought they would.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:52:31 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:55:18 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Idiocy is as Obama does)
To: oldbill
Deja vu?
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:56:33 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: Prophet in the wilderness
Offer them a decent burial in return for the captain’s. The alternative, to be tossed in a pig’s feed tray.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:56:37 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: topfile
Let’s see, these guys are sitting in the middle of the ocean in a lifeboat without any gas. I would say their negotiating position is very weak. We just say that if you do not hand over the captain now, we will kill you.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:56:59 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: topfile
If I was kin to the hostage, I’d want them to negotiate his release. But I’m not. To me, it makes more sense to take direct action to annihilate the pirates, definitely, and rescue the hostage, maybe.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:57:07 PM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: topfile
So now, we've officially returned to the happy, blissful pre-9/11 mindset where negotiations, Congressional hearings, and toothless U.N. resolutions are the order of the day.
God, I miss having actual adults in charge...
Is it any wonder that Americans are stocking up on guns & ammo? Ears is too busy sucking up and Cackle is too busy yukking it up to bother defending America or her citizens.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:57:21 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: topfile
I should think the negotiations would consist of, “Hand over the captain or you’re dead.”
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:58:14 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
(Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
You are right—too bad the new president doesn’t want to offend any of his muslim brothers.
If we had someone in the White House with any balls this would already be over.
There would be some pirates floating in the sea and the captain would be back on his ship.
To: Prophet in the wilderness
That's a great point: You can't spell BOTH democRat nor piRate without RAT.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:58:24 PM PDT
by
C210N
(The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
To: oldbill
When a US naval ship shows up it doesn’t negotiate - it dictates. Well, keeping the hostage alive does make the situation a little dicey. The only way to use force would be to somehow separate the hostage from the bad guys. Hopefully somebody's got something up their sleeve.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:58:37 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
(What would Reagan do?) I suspect he'd tell the commanding officer of the destroyer to ask the pirates whether they knew how to swim, and then explain to them that they had fifteen minutes to figure out whether they wanted to try to swim back to Somalia or hand over their captive.
To: Prophet in the wilderness
Actually it could just as easily be “What Would Jefferson Do” WWJD. He fought the First Barbary Pirate War, starting in 1801.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:59:35 PM PDT
by
NathanR
( Drill here. Drill now. Pay less.)
To: kromike; All
Baltodog’s prediction: Blackwater.
No muss.
No fuss.
Get ‘er done.
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posted on
04/09/2009 4:59:38 PM PDT
by
baltodog
(R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
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