Posted on 04/12/2009 11:16:18 AM PDT by Nachum
Exactly, You screwed up. I succeeded.
No matter what. ZERO takes no blame only glory.
The State Department is probably already cutting checks for the family members of the slain pirates. They said the surviving pirate was injured in the fire fight, so there’s still hope he will die too.
I agree.
As I said in previous posts, a lt.jg. and a couple of sailors or marines a hundred years ago, would have dealt
with this situation on their own, that was American initiative then, now they are expected to wait for the President to make a decision, from half a globe away.
Time to start being Americans AGAIN~!
We bow to no flag,
we respect our own.
We bow to no man.
We do what needs being done.
We wait for no one, we lead.
If you won’t follow, get out of our way.
We help those in need.
We free those who desire freedom.
Americans have a god given right to self defense,
on the land and on the sea
in air and in space.
Don’t like it? We don’t care
Try and stop us? If you dare.
Exigent circumstances. The situation changed, the officer used his initiative. the objective was achieved.
The Pirates said they are not afraid of the US military and three of the four are certainly not afraid now.
I wonder if the survivor is afraid.
Now let's see what is done with captured pirate ...I suppose he already has a government paid lawyer and has been given his Miranda rights. Maybe Bambi will give him a pardon and send him back to Somali with an apology that we were so tough on him.
The president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Phillips’ alma mater) just said on CNN that he wished “it didn’t have to end this way.” What kind of BS is that???
Also, CNN keeps flashing “American captain released,” as though the pirates decided to let him go. They should be flashing “American captain freed.”
PC insanity seeping in right and left.
You *know* there had to be a video camera recording the situation at the time from at least one of our warships...I look forward to seeing it getting blasted to pieces by our machine gun fire after t6he Capitan dives out for the second time.
Surley u jest.
Now for the second half of the operation: The “tribal elders” who were using satellite phones to “negotiate” the release of Captain Phillips are nothing more than the command level of the piracy operation. They demanded $2 million. Since cruise missiles cost about $750,000, I say we fire three of them at the mensurated locations of the satellite phone as soon as we call three of those phone and say, “Keep the change, Akhmed!” and wait for the owners of those phones—and everyone unfortunate enough to be within 50 years of those terrorists—to join Saddam Hussein in the service of al-Lah.
What? Where did you hear this? I've been sort of wondering if zero might be beginning to realize that he managed to get elected president of a lot of really great people, not just his supposed white devils and his angelic ACORN buddies.
Good guy bump!
You mean they let our special forces do their jobs.
Obama is unprepared to be POTUS. He should step down.
One can only hope that the wounds of the captive pirate gets a really bad staff infection and he dies from it.
Do you have a source for that statement, not that I doubt it for a moment, but I'd love for it to true.
God bless the EASTER SEALS!
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Urraaahhh
I wonder if those pirates have met their group of 72 virgins today?
Wouldn’t it be a shock to them if they met Christ instead????
Bingo. We have a winner!
As with all liberal Appeasers in Chief, due to their inherent disrust and disdain of the military, they can bring themselves to give them the go ahead, because they are more concerned of the political ramifications if things go badly. Two words for the Zero administration... plausible deniability.
Things go well, Zero gave the go ahead and claims credit... things go badly, the U.S. Navy acted irresponsibly and a scapegoat is quickly sought. I loathe liberals...
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