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The truth behind maersk Alabama?
Pulled from a boating message board

Posted on 04/16/2009 7:09:51 PM PDT by mrmargaritaville

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To: dennisw

oh I’m awake-just trying to torment the lefties who were crowing about osamaobama’s great victory over the Pirates on Easter. He promised action on the pirates but has not\will not do squat.


81 posted on 04/17/2009 1:00:00 PM PDT by mrmargaritaville
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To: mrmargaritaville

OK!


82 posted on 04/17/2009 3:06:47 PM PDT by dennisw (Your action becomes your habit. Your habit becomes your character, that becomes your destiny)
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To: mrmargaritaville

I would have to say this is most likely true. Notice how none of these guys has given our faux POTUS who called in the FBI any credit? The FBI was useless in this situation. That was who Obama chose to handle this. He was treating it like a law enforcement issue in NYC. The lifeboat was getting close to shore, if the Seals had not done what they did, this captain would have joined the 260 or so hostages held by these pirates.

The truth will out, mostly because Obamabi hasn’t mentioned much since then. He knows the truth, he voted present, and anyone with a damn brain in their head also knows the truth.

The Navy saved this captain in spite of Dear Leader.


83 posted on 04/17/2009 3:20:39 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Mila

Related or not, Obama went over there and backed killer Odinga.

So don’t try to get away from the facts.


84 posted on 04/17/2009 3:23:14 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Don Carlos

Why have we not seen the officer’s name? Is it to protect him or protect Obama?


85 posted on 04/17/2009 7:03:35 PM PDT by kozanne
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To: dennisw
My belief is that the AK47 being pointed at Phillips is not true.

You 'n me both, Brother FReeper.

Good, honest folks are so conditioned to believe what the media tells them, and/or what the Officials (military, law enforcement, whatever) tell the media, that it never occurs to them that ... it may be fabricated, for whatever reason, good or bad -- in this case, good. To me, any part of or all of the official story should be taken with a grain of salt. One FReeper, early on in the original thread announcing the rescue, said "We know for a fact that the captain jumped twice." I corrected him: No, we know for a fact that the media is reporting that the captain jumped twice. I coudln't believe how many people just took it on faith, when it seemed pretty clear to me that the "second jump" scenario was just a nice, convenient way for the SEALS to justify (rightly) their actions, and the good captain would certainly go along with it to save the SEALS' butts.

I think: the captain jumped overboard the first time, as CNN reported, and either the SEALS weren't in place yet (most likely, IMO), or they were but were prohibited by Obama from taking initiative and responding with force (second most likely). SEALS waited around for four or five days, Obama knew they could get Cpt. Phillips pronto if need be, and Obama said NO. I think that any Special Forces guys aren't the type to wait around. They're proactive, not reactive.

So they got fed up with the whole situation, concocted the "official" story duly reported early on by CNN that Cptn. Phillips jumped a second time and precipitated the rescue, but in reality they went in and took care of business, saving one pirate for info and killing the others.

They had Obama by the balls: he couldn't reject the rescue and tell them to give Cptn. Phillips back to some other pirates! He couldn't tell America that he'd forbidden the SEALS to rescue Cptn. Phillips when he desperately tried to escape a second time. That's why the "official" story reported by CNN of the second jump initiating the rescue was, to me, so RICH and DELICIOUS -- what a clever way to handle it! It totally USED CNN, which was refreshing, to put Obama in a corner. It necessarily implied that the captain, not Obama, initiated the rescue (where I believe the truth is the SEALS initiated the rescue). Obama couldn't uphold the fiction that he had initiated it if the story was that the captain had jumped a second time, so the story was quickly updated (as the SEALS snickered in their sleeves, I imagine!) -- CNN then was reporting that no, the captain hadn't jumped a second time, that was mistaken information.

The story evolved quite a lot in the first hours after the rescue. First, the surviving pirate hadn't been on the lifeboat, but on the Bainbridge negotating .. then it was to have an injured hand treated ... leaving only three pirates for the SEALS to take out after one of the pirates had pointed a gun at the Captain. Early reports were also that Obama had "approved" two or three different rescue plans ... and/or approved having the SEALS to go in and rescue the Captain if his life was immediately endangered. It was enough to make you laugh, the way the story was evolving so quickly to accommodate the fiction that Obama deserved any credit.

The SEALS took care of business in spite of Obama, not because of him. God bless the Navy SEALS and God bless all of our American military and brave warriors.

86 posted on 04/17/2009 7:13:38 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: mrmargaritaville
Exactly as I suspected. emperor bammy didn't want his co-religionists injured, better an innocent American die than one of mohammed’s bloodthirsty children, even a vile pirate.

bammy, the POS in Chief...

87 posted on 04/17/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: mrmargaritaville

btt


88 posted on 04/17/2009 7:33:37 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: mrmargaritaville

Thanks for posting this. After hearing Capt. Phillips statement today, which had zero mention of President Zero, I figured this was the way it went down. He thanked the SEALS, the Bainbridge, his crew, his company, etc., but no mention of Obama. I suspect there will be little mention of Phillips by the MSM again....


89 posted on 04/17/2009 7:39:06 PM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: mrmargaritaville

Obama is such a n00b


90 posted on 04/17/2009 7:41:28 PM PDT by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: mrmargaritaville

Oh my. A friend told me ....


91 posted on 04/17/2009 7:53:55 PM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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To: Finny

In agreement!
You have fleshed out a very likely scenario
When it was all finished with three dead pirates
0bama was given a result he couldn’t refuse
So 0bama and Axelrod and Rahm Emauelle were presented with a fait accomplis and had no choice but to take it

The commander (who was he?) gave the orders to kill
I see two big pieces of circumstantial evidence here
-— Boat was intentionally being towed (which steadies it for the sharpshooters) to calmer water the pirates were told (lol)
-— The pirates were done in at night when only those in the know can see (night vision equipment) what went down

-— The Seals also sent a message from the entire militarily to 0bama which was -— Don’t make us your fools, we will turn the tables on you for a righteous cause

DW


92 posted on 04/17/2009 8:09:06 PM PDT by dennisw (Your action becomes your habit. Your habit becomes your character, that becomes your destiny)
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To: mrmargaritaville; SandRat; neverdem; nuconvert; RaceBannon

pijg


93 posted on 04/17/2009 8:31:08 PM PDT by GOPJ (The New York Times can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of anyone- bow to Lincoln)
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To: Kansas58
I felt sure that the Navy acted because they were FORCED to act, and that Obama was screwing things up. It appears that I was right.

It looks like you were right all along.

94 posted on 04/17/2009 8:42:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (The New York Times can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of anyone- bow to Lincoln)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

“The truth about this incident will haunt BHO, as it should”

No it won’t. The officers involved will go no where with their careers.

Maybe even have “accidents”. Those officers are probably among the bravest of the whole story.


95 posted on 04/17/2009 11:42:57 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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To: Vendome

LOL


96 posted on 04/17/2009 11:44:31 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

Maybe even have an “accident”.


97 posted on 04/17/2009 11:48:16 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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To: JSteff

That joke was so yesterday. You still think that is funny? /s LOL


98 posted on 04/17/2009 11:49:27 PM PDT by Vendome
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To: tophat9000
Of course this is hearsay at this time but it does fit to answer the question as to WHY when the captain jumped out of the boat the first time... we did not act

And he had expected us to act, and was surprised (and angry) when we did not.

99 posted on 04/17/2009 11:53:08 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: mrmargaritaville
Yeah, but closer in makes sense if you don't want the occupants to be steady.

Prop wash also actually works in the good guys favor. Also close in means it is a rougher ride (tow) and noisier.

Also in the captain favor. So smart move on the part of the Bainbridge’s captain.

100 posted on 04/17/2009 11:56:23 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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