[Perdogg]

The Defense Department twice asked President Barack Obama for permission to use military force to rescue Phillips, most recently late Friday evening, U.S. officials said.

[clamper1797]

Defense depart had to ask 0bama twice

NOW this I believe

[newnhdad]

Give him a break, he was chilling with Teddy K discussing a new pet.
Curiously, Ted gave them a Water Dog, rumored to be excellent swimmers.

[Chet 99]

We’re seeing the same kind of “hands tied behind our backs” jackassery that led to the Somalia fiasco.

[usmcobra]

Four pirates in the middle of the ocean threatening to kill an American hostage and Obama has to be asked TWICE if it is OK to shoot to KILL.

I wonder how long Obama had to think it over.....

[don-o]

I read on another thread that Obama approved deadly force two times. Your edit of the title leads to the conclusion that he withheld approval. Got source for that?

[Perdogg]

ping

[Dallas59]

Obuma had to get the OK from our European “allies”...then discuss it with the Whitey House Code Pink advisers...

[The Sons of Liberty]

The Defense Department twice asked President Barack Obama for permission to use military force to rescue Phillips, most recently late Friday evening, U.S. officials said.

What - don't they know that 0dumbo doesn't work weekends! He's got a pizza party and bowling and can't be bothered with some honky about to be killed by the "religion of peace".

/sarc

[mystery-ak]

It should have been the standing order from the get go...instead it took BO 2 days to agree.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I thought I heard that on FOX—I guess I heard right.

I also heard Julie Banderas report that Obama said he was going to end this piracy problem once and for all (paraphrased) We are so lucky to have the oba-messiah leading our way through his universe.

[RandallFlagg]

I would not be a bit suprised...

Not a BIT suprised...

If the Captain gets court martialed for something in the near future.

[Viking2002]

Yeah, something about this smelled like dead fish from the get-go: the LSM was on it and anointing Il Duce as the second coming of Chuck Norris before there was even any concrete confirmation of the event. I can imagine that over the next day or so, a substantially different picture of the actual chain of events will come to light, and it's not going to bathe FUBO in a flattering light. Be sure to take take your Dramamine, 'cuz there's gonna be some serious G-force spin coming out of The Swamp.

[A.A. Cunningham]

090412-N-XXXXN-001 SOMALI BASIN (April 12, 2009) Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, stands alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) after being rescued by U.S Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. Philips was held hostage for four days by pirates. (Official U.S. Navy photo/RELEASED)

090412-N-XXXXN-003 SOMALI BASIN (April 12, 2009) Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, stands alongside Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) after being rescued by U.S Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. Philips was held hostage for four days by pirates. (Official U.S. Navy photo/Released)

[chasio649]

wonderfully libtard post on BBC:

“How dare you represent the problem of piracy with a numerical figure! It doesn’t matter how many millions have been extorted and does. Do these pirates (and they certainly didn’t label themselves pirates) really want to put their lives at risk and do this? Yes, but not because they are greedy, not because they are heartless. They have to do it, if it were your family living in Somalia which America chooses to bomb as and when it pleases, you too would have an entirely different perspective”

[mathluv]

Thank the Lord for that Captain. I wonder what the o’s admin will do to him?

[mystery-ak]

How the rescue happened

[OrangeHoof]

Well, firing on the Somali pirates might have sparked an international incident with the nation of, uh, um, Somali pirates.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

From the article -

Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed pirate, told The Associated Press from one of Somalia's piracy hubs, Eyl, that, "our friends should have done more to kill the captain before they were killed. This will be a good lesson for us."

"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them (the hostages)," he said. France and India have both taken deadly military action against pirates in recent months and seen no significant retaliation, however.

[rambo316]

.... and you want to know something? Wlord has it that he had to read the order from the Telepromptor. once again, he is the TOTUS.

What a freakin’ joke this A$$hole is.

[calcowgirl]

The full quote from the article says he approved it both times.

The Defense Department twice asked President Barack Obama for permission to use military force to rescue Phillips, most recently late Friday evening, U.S. officials said. On Saturday morning, Obama signed off on the Pentagon's request, as he had a day earlier, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Is that not true? I don't understand your headline.