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.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I think we have more than a few RINO and DUmmie trolls.
Obama is going to use this the same way he used the accidental way he became senator to call it a genius success.
Obama will write a book about this next.
You know that’s it. The President gets the credit for successful military ops. Folks are going to have to deal with it.
you’re right of course but the media will herald him over this.
the media is as much the enemy as he is
NY Times excerpt...
On Saturday night, the Navy fired warning shots at the lifeboat, followed by a brief exchange of fire, the official said. Hours afterward, one pirate who was either injured or scared jumped off the boat and surrendered to Navy personnel, the Kenyan official said.
Around 7 p.m. Somali time, just after dark, U.S. Navy personnel opened fire, killing all three pirates, the official said.
The Justice Department will be reviewing evidence to decide whether charges will be brought against the surviving pirate, a Justice Department official told CNN.
In Underhill, Vt., Captain Phillips’ hometown, Ms. McColl said that Andrea Phillips had talked on the phone with her husband since his rescue.
Minutes before Ms. McColl made her statement, a car pulled up to the house and three youngsters jumped out and ran into the house in jubilation.
Yeah, imagine Captain Hook trying to make a phone call on a rotary phone...
That is a tad exaggerated, but the Zero is about 90% bloopers as far as we are concerned.
I think bashing Obama without having the facts on-hand is counterproductive.
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We bash because 0’s past affiliations, statements and government actions warrant it ... even in just his actions since 1/20/09; therefore, there is a basis of some knowledge of the proclivities and ideology of the subject official.
Do you disagree with the criteria ?
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This is the kind of leader we’re saddled with now.
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Obama’s Potemkin Military Reception=No Scandal-..were pre-screened,asked ...“Who voted for Obama?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227558/posts
*snip*
According to a sergeant in Iraq :
*****We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?”, and then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up. [Via Macsmind.]****
As supporting evidence for the digital-cameras part of the story, the sergeant (or Mac, can’t tell which), suggests that the identical cameras can be verified in the AP photos. Looks right:
Exactly my point.
Some poster is saying they had to train for a couple of days before heading to the area.
They were ready to rescue the Captain the first time he went overboard, but were not allowed to get into position until later.
Yep. Bambi's going to take a jump in the polls over this.
Interestingly enough I wonder just what if anything will be discussed at the UN about this, all I see in the future is that nobody will do anything different, just keep on paying ransoms, and keep on sending more ships through, Loyd’s of London must have a few comments on this.
Last I checked, three men with knives could easily kill a bound hostage. But it probably made it easier for him to get away, and the rest is sweet justice.
I went to the store to get car parts and come back to you under assault. WTH?
This just in!
Apparently, the Navy sent one of their cooks, a man reportedly named “ Navy Seal chef Casey Rybeck” over with food and supplies.
At some point, one of the Somali pirates made a negative comment about his cooking, and it was at this point that Chief Rybeck “handled his business” effectively bringing this hostage crises to an end.
More details expected to be released later.
Just a thought — if Obama traveled to Pakistan under Indonesian Passport at the age of 19 — does Indonesia have a military draft?
now now you have to be nice to those people who are from rio linda or those people who work for the MSM and do not grasp the reality that obama does NOTHING and gets credit for no reason.
Hurray to you!! Thank you.
You seem to be assuming a lot without the facts. You mentioned that the hostage takers had run out of ammo, yet CNN is reporting there was a shootout during the final moments of the rescue. Which is it, fact man?
We?
And it must take firemen 2 hours to leave the station to go to a fire using your logic.
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