Posted on 04/12/2009 10:25:08 AM PDT by Ladycalif
U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed, senior U.S. official says. Three of four pirates killed.
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Obama is eating pizza. What was that again about Bush?
I think you hit the nail on the head - I guess people now think that you can pull together a complete tactical plan within an hour so you can set up the cliffhanger for next week.
Probably a pretty safe bet. I'm sure the Navy didn't want a second such opportunity to pass unexploited.
Very unfortunately in the eyes of Al Qaeda, Taliban, Iran, and North Korea let alone China and Russia we have been greatly humiliated because it took us 5 days to free a hostage taken by 4 Somali pirates trapped on a tiny boat in the middle of the ocean surrounded by the mightiest Navy in history of man. A situation that could have been solved in the first few hours if not for defeatist Obama who did not take any action to resolve it then.
What they concluded is that Obama is extremely weak and because of this they are going to cause us a lot of harm.
The Apology will be made tonight by ZERO at 8PM on Our Newly Nationalized TV Propaganda Networks.
So you agree that an apology was in order? What about after the apology, crew interrogation, and the deconstruction/compromise of our P-3 spy plane, shouldn't some/any retaliatory action be expected? Other than allowing the Chinese to purchase our national debt and stock our Wal-Mart's we did NOTHING!
Chalk one up for the Easter Bunny... According to Fox News, the Captain was able to jump out of the Lifeboat...
According to Obama and the rest of the Rats, this terrorist is allowed Constitutional Rights.
Meanwhile pirates holding a US captain hostage have warned that using force to rescue him could result in “disaster”.
You gotta admit, they were right about that.
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Yep. They were clearly 3/4 right about that. ;)
This must be perplexing Vermont liberals to no end...one of their own rescued by the U.S. Navy.
Obama did a good job is a lie that will only be allowed to take hold if we let it.
the fact is obama merely voted present.
It appears, reading between the MSM incompetent coverage, that the captain was rescued DESPITE obama desperatly trying to keep this a mere police matter.
It appears the navy took action after it AGAIN became clear that fbi negotiators are not up to dealing with international military matters no matter how much the left plays with words.
Today by dumping this as a mere fbi matter, obama has demonstrated he is a little man for big job.
Huh? The only faction in the US government that Bambi is still afraid of is the military. He has dumped Congress altogether, and is busy trying to corrupt the Judicial Branch.
The military reports to him, theoretically, but he’s ignorant, dumb, and on the side of our enemies. But he realizes that if the military rejects him, most of us will follow. So he’s acared.
The GOP lost by failing to adhere to their values. IMO the Dems will start having electoral reverses in 2010 because of their excesses, just like Clinton suffered a reversal in 1994 after the fiasco of Hillarycare. We don't need lower ourselves to DUmmie-like idiocy to win in 2010. We just need the GOP to revert to conservatism.
Supporting Obama’s hesitancy and unwillingness to act faster will only encourage him to continue in his ineptness in situations like this.
Also, why don't you give a reasoned argument to the people you are comparing to DU posters instead of just giving them digs to each other?
Don't worry, Obama will take the credit and the media will follow suit praising him as you are doing here.
Thank God our professionals got this job done before Obama allowed the terrorists to take this brave American Captain to land to be hidden for 444 days like Carter did.
Did he mean he and the crew should not be held on
the Maersk for questioning for a couple of days
.. or was he referring to rescuing and saving Capt.
Phillips?
Somehow I think they wanted ONE to survive .. sends one helluva message to future pirates.
This is the BEST news in ages. God Bless the US military., Capt Phillips and his family, colleagues and friends.
Color me foolish here. I thought the FBI was tasked with internal USA investigation of criminal matters.
When did that change?
Easter Bunny delivered some Easter Seals. 8^D
The fourth dirt bag was on the Bainbridge negotiating. BTW the emaill chatter I am getting says this was a “Joint Special Forces Operation†hummm.
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