Posted on 04/10/2009 8:46:29 PM PDT by jdfromny
WASHINGTON (AP) True to form, President Barack Obama is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out. As the situation changes by the hour, Obama advisers say the new commander in chief is being kept abreast of the developments, including Capt. Richard Phillips' foiled escape attempt Friday. But the president has yet to say a word in public about the standoff, now three days old. The approach is quintessential Obama, who as a candidate and now as president has tended to let tenuous dramas unfold without remark unless he absolutely must, lest his words or actions adversely influence a precarious situation. "I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak," Obama said pointedly last month when a reporter questioned why it took him several days to express outrage over the big bonuses American International Group doled out while receiving federal bailout money.
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Sadly, that might be the only thing that would wake up the general population to this administration's inadequacies.
“Piracy is not a new phenomenon. (DUH!)
We learned how to eradicate piracy centuries ago. YOU WIPE OUT THE PIRATE PORTS.
From Madagascar to Port Royal, pirates cannot exist unless they have sanctuaries where they are tolerated, where they can buy and sell their cargos, and refit ships for pirate mission.
Wipe out the pirate ports, you wipe out the pirates.
Chasing pirates on the high seas (while permitting their safe havens to exist) is a fools errand.
Reagan would have craterized their ports last week. Libya comes to mind”
Well, I’m just a girl, but I’m impressed with your knowledge about this and your calling Reagan’s courage as a President to mind.
Obama has conducted himself as an enemy of freedom in less than 100 days.
“The approach is quintessential Obama....”
Translation: The chickens have come home to roost and obuma doesn’t know how to pluck them.
BINGO!!
“Wipe out the pirate ports, you wipe out the pirates.”
Preach it, Brother.
Maybe the dummies in the White House will unplug their ears and hear it!
How could only 4 terrorists/pirates board an armed Navy destroyer and take control of it? Please elucidate.
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