U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed,

CNN ^

[Ladycalif]

U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed, senior U.S. official says. Three of four pirates killed.

[machogirl]

he’s pleased that they saved his a** (obama’s)

[machogirl]

he can take communion?

[Girlene]

Thanks for the info, bert. It seems the "imminent danger" decision was made long before these three pirates exposed their head/shoulders today. That was merely the opportunity the Commander was waiting for.

The Italian flagged tugoat owner would like a little help himself for his crew, Italy boat owner marvels at US pirate operation

[AH_LiveRight]

Sorry. It was in my first response to dirtboy, and have been told to include someone if their name is in the response. I did not mean to bother you.

[machogirl]

i don’t know about mccain anymore

[eyedigress]

FNC reporting three sniper kill shots to the head from the Bainbridge. One man left. The Captain.

[TornadoAlley3]

I understand, but do we wait until we are hijacked and taken hostage again to act, do we wait until another 9/11 or do we preempt. I know it is tough, but I do not want to see another Carter/Clinton treat this as a law enforcement type problem. let's stop them before they do it again. How we do that, I know not, but I do not think we just wait for another incident.

[dirtboy]

aww, poor wittle thing, are your feelings hurt, I am so sorry.

And your lack of class continues. It is rather interesting that three of my most vehement attackers on this thread cannot be bothered adhering to long-standing FR netiquitte.

[bert]

Mama’s told us be careful who you hang out with..... you will be judged by the foolishness of others.

The intense unsubstantiated Obama bashing is just such a case. It is foolish and unjustified based on the available info.

[jveritas]

No problem.

[TornadoAlley3]

Will you quit whining and leave me alone. I care not about
etiquette or your feelings. Quit posting to me and go cry to someone else.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

My preference is the Jefferson methodology. He was the first Dem President after all (in theory, I know he called his party the Republican Party).

[bert]

‘.......How the Bainbridge got the lifeboat under tow ought to be a rather interesting aspect of this. .......

Just imagine the instant fear, the unequivocal certainty that the jig was up. The cockiness was ended the second the realization hit. Things apparently going well for days suddenly went to hell. Containment became incarceration

[TornadoAlley3]

based on the available info.

wth have you been since the primary, election and few months he has been in office, how much more info do you need.

[eyedigress]

Simultaneous I might add.

[FTL]

So wonder where all the Code Pink protesters are over this “racist neocon cruel inhumane treatment of the valiant Somali Freedom Fighters in this opening shot of Bush’s East African War For Oil?”

Oh, that’s right. Bush is no longer in office and protests only apply to Bush and Republicans but never to a Democrat.

Thus proving that all along it was always only about politics and part of their Alinsky program to retake power. Looks like that worked out pretty well for them.

[Riley]

There is no event ever that is so positive and uplifting that Freepers won't fight about it.

[eyedigress]

They are one with the stupid people. Those who have no ability to think for themselves gravitate to free stuff. The ones that steer them are quite capable of manipulation.

[TornadoAlley3]

Often, though, the pirates are friendly and helpful, though they detest use of the p-word. “We never kill people. We are Muslims. We are marines, coastguards — not pirates,” one said.

Hostages say the pirates are normally as friendly as they can be under the circumstances. While they threaten to shoot or beat them if they do not cooperate, they also roast goat for their captives and pass phones around for calls home.

excerpt from Reuters

[bert]

The economic troubles, the marxist tendencies have nothing to do with the events of this day. There is no evidence yet that the Brown Clown was derelict in his duty. He apparently accepted the advice of the military and ordered them to solve the problem...... peacefully but kill the pirates if the hostage is in imminent danger.

From watching the admiral’s briefing, the left is not pleased. There was death by the hated military that is directly attributable to Obama. NPR will be in the Seal’s parents driveways in the morning asking about how they feel about their killer sons