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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Ping.
Oh its believable alright. Obama may well get a pass on all military ops. Maybe that was DB’s point.
Are these reporters (one from NPR) really questioning whether Capt. Phillips’ life was really in danger???
We have a right to be cynical about Obama just from the way he’s dealt with things in the recent past.
We all have our moments,hahaha!
IMO, it’s fantasy to think anything valuable
will come from an investigation sKerry conducts.
He’ll probably spend 65% of any report blaming
Pres. Bush and then plead for help from other
nations and the UN for the rest.
Oops, apologies in order, Syncro posted 749, you did not.
Never at the WH...no medal. Wasn’t it also reported that Sully was a Repub?
Strange at best...
Proper shooting usually results in death, death usually insures end of subject both figuratively and lastly literally, no circuses, no grandstanding.
Pirates fall into a classification of no courts, immediate execution, thats the way it was done before and is still the best way to be executed.
It would be a big mistake trying to make a judicial circus with this surviving pirate.
Ah, so believing that we should wait to have at least a few facts before ripping into Obama is moonbattery. Man, talk about Orwellian-level abuse of language. Later, dipweed - try pulling that nitwittery on someone else.
Yes, CNN’s reporter last night said that Hussein did not want to comment for political reasons, in case it did not go well.
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Not even prayers sent to Capt. Phillips and his family.
Unmitigated COWARD and creep in chief.
You mean they killed those poor Somali merchantile organizers?!?!? I support our sailors. But killing and violence never solves anything. Not one child will be fed by killing the merchantile organizers. Not one homeless person will be given shelter.
This whole horrible violent incident sharply highlights the need for more UN funding for aid to poor Somalia. The chaos in that country is Bush’s fault. That is why the Somali merchantile organizers are forced into this misfortune.
/DUmbass mode
And nothing like a late 2008 signup trashing someone who has been here over a decade, newb.
The seals knew exactly how to handle that situation.
They can handle it without your time consuming "speculations"
Your second question, the proof is that they weren't allowed to do it.
Of course to you, it would have taken them 2-3 days to get to the scene of the crisis.
Personally I plan to employ Democrat Alinsky tactics against the Democrats. Truth is NOT what modern politics are based on no matter how idealistic some are. If one thinks modern politics are based on truth then one must also think Obama is truth and not an illusion built on a pack of lies propped up by the MSM DNC propaganda wing.
What really matters to young voters is “What Can My Fellow Tax Payers Do for Me” and Pay my way from cradle to grave” that we live in.
Who will pay for all of it in a nation going bankrupt?
This mindset is indeed a success of the Left who we stupidly allowed to take over education in the nation for decades all the while thinking they were “just harmless hippies”.
Young voters of today like snark, spin and slam. They obviously are not interested in any sort of “truth” or “workable” ideas since they vote for Obama and Liberals based on eye candy, empty promises and media anti-Conservative propaganda.
Young people of today are not taught to respect truth, justice and the American way. They are taught to despise America and Conservatism because those values have been demonized by their teachers and pop culture.
Time marches on and the younger generations will be deciding future elections, not the Republican Party or its values of America past. The young people are trained by the educators in this nation to mock traditional American family values. Whole entertainment industries base their existence on mocking and tearing down these values and propping up Socialism and Left Wing extremism. All this synergizes effectively together.
Its all part of the Democrat coarsening and tearing down of our culture which is a long held Leftist goal that starts with control of the education system and aided by pop-culture. Whichever side makes the other side look worse is most appealing to younger voters because they want to be associated with winners.
Learn to adapt and use new tactics and weapons or fall by the political wayside.
Modern politics is about who ever can spin and demonize the other side the best and exploit any mistakes the other side makes - the best, wins. There is also some luck involved due to various disasters and unforeseen events.
I choose not to play by the rules that the MSM/DNC dictates that I should play by - while they operate with no rules except whatever rule they make up for themselves at any given moment.
As a result we see who is in power and who is out of power and how the game was played to arrive at those results.
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