Pirates, navies maneuver for advantage (Got Overseas Contingency Operation?)

Washington Times ^ | 4/11/09 | Sara A. Carter

[JohnHuang2]

Somali pirates freed a Norwegian tanker Friday, succumbed to the French navy in another seajacking incident and raced reinforcements to the scene of a standoff with the U.S. Navy over an American merchant captain held hostage in a drifting lifeboat. U.S. military officials said Capt. Richard Phillips appeared Continues...

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Got Overseas Contingency Operation?

Hostage-taking pirates, seizing assets, demanding more money from Americans. But enough about the Obama administration.

In another milestone, Obama has gone Jimmy Carter even before Jimmy Carter went Jimmy Carter. Even Carter wasn't as namby-pamby wimpy as Omamma's boy. A killer rabbit had managed to penetrate the Secret Service in a devilish plot to pirate Carter's canoe, but Carter bravely beat back the barbaric monster critter with one canoe paddle! Obama: Mr. Killer Rabbit, can we talk about this? Better not hurt me! I'll call the FBI to negotiate!

Obama would want to know what the swashbuckling, swaggering beastly Texas cowboy had done to the peaceful, misunderstood killer rabbit, noting that America had shown arrogance and had been dismissive of rabbits, then he'd offer the furry little pirate a "pathway to citizenship", and "card check", then he'd fly off to Camp David, call the whole thing a "distraction", even as feisty John Kerry vowed from aboard his swift-boat to form a committee to hold hearings on ways to more effectively capitulate to killer rabbits, while the Congressional Black Caucus pays the rabbit a visit, making sure he wasn't harmed by Obama's tough-guy approach.

Now that Obama has 'cleaned up' America's 'image' abroad by bowing to the Saudi King, a group of Muslim Somali terrorists, oops, sorry . . . peaceful Somali fishermen tried to hijack the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama, but the crew regained control of the cargo ship, apparently before Olabama could order them to surrender, in keeping with his commitment to the safety of all pirates concerned.

After Capt. Richard Phillips was recaptured following a desperate escape attempt, the AP praised Obama's "cautious response". So far, present Obama is bravely keeping mum, apparently wanting to dial the whole thing back from 'Piracy Crisis' to 'annoyance', or 'distraction from my wonderful housing plan.' If that doesn't work, he'll just shoot pollution into the air to cool things down.

"True to form, [Obama] is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out," the AP fawned. As part of Obama's cunning low-profile effort, more naval vessels are joining the USS Bainbridge to watch Somali "pirates" hold an American hostage, on orders from the White House's USS Braindead.

Ironically, liberals insist that, just because these Muslim pirates hijack vessels and seize civilians and hold them hostage and demand ransom doesn't mean they're Muslim terrorists or anything, but don't hurt them or else Muslims will do something really terroristic, like hijack a cargo ship and demand ransom!

If this is no biggie, just a wittle, teensy-weensy isolated incident, just one of those things that happen every 200 years, nothing to see here, move on -- as White House flacks keep telling Obama's media -- then what does it say that the propped-up flailing messiah accomplished in less than three months what took Jimmy Carter four years to achieve (turning America into a global laughing stock)?

If you're North Korea or Iran's mullahs, you're getting a tingle up your leg glimpsing the enervated, enfeebled, limping TOTUS blundering around over a few lightly armed "pirates" in a lifeboat. A Navy SEAL team would ice the little darlings once Capt. Phillips jumped overboard to escape, but you've got a community organizer "closely monitoring" the 'pirate situation' when you need a president.

If Obama vowed to move rapidly to uselessly reboot our image abroad, he's done it in spades, which is how you get rocketman Kim Jong-Il's missile test, Iran running 7,000 advanced centrifuges, the UN Security Council laughing you off, Austrians rebuffing you (in their native Austrian language!) and the French doing a 'how-to' hostage rescue, all in the same lousy week.

Anyway, that's...
My Two Cents...
"JohnHuang2"

[JohnHuang2]

Saturday Morning ping...

[Obamageddon]

Move a sub in 150 feet underneath at night with plenty of outside distraction noise from other vessels.Lock out a SEAL team to attach lines to the lifeboat and slowly pull it under at dawn.

Put the entire boat in the water and then negotiate with their wet weapons. Trade them air for hostages.

[Star Traveler]

You may be interested in my list of Presidential Crises that I put together, with the help of some other FReepers, today. It shows the various events that other Presidents, and Obama, have had to put up with...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2226437/posts?page=43#43

[Talisker]

Put the entire boat in the water and then negotiate with their wet weapons. Trade them air for hostages.

I like it.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Hey John, could you please add me to your ping list?

[AmericanInTokyo]

If this nonsense down there goes on for much longer, you are going to start seeing North Korean provocations at sea or on land (near the DMZ with the South Koreans), minor at first but increasing in intensity.

You heard it here on FR.

They are all going to start the tests. And not just there. The man invites it. Simple as that.

[skimask]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/you-are-being-lied-to-abo_b_155147.html

Look at this unbelievable sack of s**t about the pirates from Huffington Post. The story and comments confirm the sickness of the liberal mind.

[luvbach1]

Put the entire boat in the water and then negotiate with their wet weapons. Trade them air for hostages.

But what about the hostage? Wouldn't that gravely endanger him? Or did I miss something?

[DeaconRed]

Welcome to the JIMMAH KARTU second term.
This is just the start. . . . . I see a Rabbit. . . . . .

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Move a sub in 150 feet underneath at night with plenty of outside distraction noise from other vessels.Lock out a SEAL team to attach lines to the lifeboat and slowly pull it under at dawn.”

I was thinking something very similar.

[Caipirabob]

Brilliant thinking. It's an unconventional situation that would likely save lives as it immediately presents a self-preservation situation to the hijackers without providing an identifiable foreign threat.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Um, so there was no thinking that the hostage might try to escape on his own. No eyes on the life boat. No thought of being prepared to take out the hostiles if the opportunity presented itself. Or was there a requirement to call JCS/Zero before taking action?

[Tax-chick]

various events that other Presidents, and Obama, have had to put up with

Interesting phrase ... as if being President were supposed to be a four-year vacation, and "events" are an imposition on the "Look, I won!" cocktail parties, trips, and unlimited b.j.'s to which he's entitled.

One certainly gets the impression that some of our "chief executives" have shared this perspective.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Pirates, navies maneuver for advantage

What an asinine headline. The pirates and the Navy is like the old saying about not bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Advantage Navy. Sooner or later America has got to start acting like it still has a pair of stones......

[gakrak]

Well said John as usual. Amen.

PING

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Put the entire boat in the water and then negotiate with their wet weapons. Trade them air for hostages.”

I would just set the raft on fire. Fire brings out the “me first” in pretty much everyone. All five will jump in the water to save themselves. Pluck out the hostage and let the other four drown.

Problem solved.

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the ping. Great essay as always.

[Kaslin]

I found this in OpiniPundit

[Kaslin]

I found this in OpiniPundit