Posted on 04/10/2009 5:10:07 PM PDT by kellynla
WASHINGTON (AP) The Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the pirate hostage standoff off Somalia.
Defense officials say the USS Boxer will be nearby soon. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss sensitive ship movements.
The Boxer is the flag ship for a multination anti-piracy task force. The Boxer resembles a small aircraft carrier. It has a crew of more than 1,000, a mobile hospital, missile launchers and about two dozen helicopters and attack planes.
Two other Navy ships are expected to remain much closer to the pirate-held lifeboat. The USS Bainbridge is in sight of the lifeboat; the USS Halyburton is nearby. The Bainbridge uses drones to keep watch on the lifeboat. The Halyburton has helicopters.
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They need a megaphone. All they have to do is approach the boat with the captive and pirates. Somebody gets on the megaphone and says “triple lindy in 10, 9, 8”
The pirates would not have a clue, the Captain would know what to do.
Nice to have the Marines close by, but until they can secure the freedom of the hostage, I don’t think we’ll see any moves by the military.
However, once the hostage is safe, I think the US Marines have some trash to dispose of.
The military would not fire on the boat unless given the authority to do so.
Remember, we had a Marine’s body dragged through Mogadishu because Clinton wouldn’t allow weaponry on Black Hawks.
The FBI agents should have been put in their own lifeboat once they arrived so the USN could carry on.
The CIC should be the Commander in Chief, not the clown in clothes.
What would be better is for the commanders to take independent actions due to the changing nature of the situation and just plain ignore Barry and Hillary.
If the Boxer is under orders to diplomatically wipe them out he will do well. The extra hostages being brought into the area makes it tricky. This will be interesting.
By waiting so long we have already greatly emboldened Al Qaeda terrorists, the Taliban terrorists, the Iranian terrorist regime, the North Korean communist regime, Hizballah terrorists, Hamas terrorists not to mention the Russians and the Chinese. Even if we kill all the pirates and bomb Somalia there is nothing that can change the perception of our enemies toward us because no matter what happens now they know that Obama is the weakest President ever. Because of this our enemies are going to hurt us a lot.
In his defense, his staff hasn't finished typing up the text for the teleprompter yet.
Better sleep with your eyes open tonight. LOL
Somebody has some really loose lips flappin' in the breeze, Kelly. Sheesh...
We should see if we could exchange 0 for the hostage. Maybe we could throw in a few $billion to take 0 from us.
A couple SEALs attach a line to the life boat's bow and voila !
no need to FReepmail me...if you have a comment post it on the thread...fyi, I don’t open FReepmail from strangers...especially those named after fictitiously named criminals...
He asked that they have their rights read to them, as citizens of the world.
“...triple lindy in 10, 9, 8
The pirates would not have a clue...”
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Nor would I.
Nothing here that a large rock dropped from a helicopter couldn't take care of. After chumming the water with a box of fish guts, of course.
Well, I don’t think there’s any secret that the Navy is on the scene...just a matter of time before the Marines have to “take out the trash!” I hope these Somali muzzies have “settled their account with Allah”
I was thinking it could be done silently at night, the SEALS push or tow the lifeboat right up and on the stern lifting ramp, complete ship blackout with fog generators running.
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