Posted on 04/11/2009 4:44:03 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Pirates Have Gas on Lifeboat, Fire Shots at U.S. Navy Sailors
The captain of a U.S.-flagged ship held hostage by armed pirates on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean appears to be alive after a daring escape attempt -- but the pirates now seem to have fuel and to be moving closer to shore, sources told ABC News. The latest evidence that Capt. Richard Phillips, 53, is alive came as the pirates holding him in a 28-foot covered lifeboat fired shots at U.S. Navy sailors who approached their vessel at an undisclosed time after the escape bid.
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I think the dumbass horse left the barn a while ago.
And I don't blame the affirmative action marxist crypto-muslim from Kenya for leading the country like an affirmative actiont marxist crypto-muslim from Kenya, but I do blame the SOB's that voted for this MF.
I blame them with extreme prejudice.
And they are all around us.
The lifeboat is fully enclosed and is meant to withstand being flipped. It's not an open boat.
Ordered pizza? He’s probably sent his St. Louie Pizza chef on his way to Somalia by military aircraft already.
Guess (when it unfortunately, happens)which political party will deem that “too much for the American people to see”, and will give us a vanilla story about it. Probably on the same news day when something BIG happens, like the new White House Puppy arrival or some similar garbage story.
He's not worried. The corrupt media has his back and will spin it for him. They got him elected so they believe the have a continued commitment to make him look good, so that they continue to look good.
Yup.
How bout 2 navy seals with night vision goggles come underneath the both and end the pirates lives in the first .5 seconds of engagement. This is getting idiotic.
Drag it down with a submarine then?
Article says Sources added that, contrary to earlier news reports, the pirates had fuel on the lifeboat and had used it to move within 20 miles off the African coast.
Well as I said, I am not Navy, but I doubt that if the boat were flipped that the pirates would have much fight left in them.
Especially if you flipped it several times.
It’s Easter and yet I wish he would choke.
DAMMIT!!! We’re talking a LIFEBOAT, here. What in the hell is Zero (NOT) thinking????????
“What? is Obama ordering them fuel now?”
“I’m surprised he hasn’t ordered pizza for them.”
Mayor Greg Nickels did exactly THAT for the WTO protesters who trashed downtown Seattle.
Now he’s “going to run for re-election on my record of achievement.”
Apologies for the thread drift.
Or got it to stand with the open end down, so that contents all fall out into the water. (Haul down with submarine)
Given that it is a fully enclosed boat, that might not be an easy thing to do.
Even so- I can see no reason whatsoever why the lifeboat couldn’t have been immobilized by a swimmer fouling the screw (propeller) with a few yards of netting, or just detaching the screw and letting it fall away into the depths. Fouling the screw could have been done absolutely silently, without alerting the pirates and risking the captain’s life. Navy tactical combat swimmers use closed circuit SCUBA gear, so no telltale bubbles. No risk in and out.
I like succinct plans and you have a good one.
Obama on the hostage situation:
“Let them eat pizza.”
If the pirates are alowed to get our Captain ashore, this will be a repeat of the Iranian Embassy hostage debacle.
And for not protecting Americans against terrorists, Obama will have to be impeached.
His bow last week to the Saudi king showed where his true sympathies lie. So has everythg he has done to weaken this country and to embolden its enemies since 1/20/09.
It is not a matter of incompetence. It is a matter of his anti-Americanism.
We can not abide an anti-American President.
We’re the bosses of this country, not the clown in the White House or those 535 dopes in the Capitol building.
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