The truth behind maersk Alabama?

Pulled from a boating message board

[Moonman62]

The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff...

I think the eventual outcome was rather peaceful.

[Logical me]

The White House is lying about something here

King Obama is a real treasure. Lies are all he knows. And this whole Administration is one big rotten pile of trash.

[Vendome]

Well that is weird. Kinda the way most of us around here thought it happened

[Vendome]

I understood him to have 17 briefings over 4 days and a pizza flown in from Saint Louis.

[mrmargaritaville]

when I think about those three fatal shots I have this image in my mind of of what happens to three watermelons at a Gallagher concert.

[SuziQ]

The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.

When Capt. Phillips jumped the first time, he was shot at by the pirates. Why wasn't that considered 'imminent danger'?

[editor-surveyor]

"The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger."

Piracy is so peaceful, you know.

America is under occupation; we have no president; long live the president.

[Mark]

OH, but you miss the wisdom of The One! HE knew that after 5 days, the yutes would be very tired— not getting much quality sleep. Then the time came and it was time to kill those children.

[NAVY84]

Agreed, he is toast (but he knew that when he gave the order) The next “overseas contingency operation” may have a very different outcome (Maybe like ‘Desert One’) because a CO will be unwilling to act independently.

[Plutarch]

That this account is true is plain to see from every MSM report on the ultimate engagement. That there was imminent danger to the Captain was stressed first, foremost, and repeatedly, and the term is found in >15,000 news articles. This is obviously CYA by the Navy officers, who fear the WH turning on them. They used the term like a talisman, as Gore did "controlling legal authority".

[Cicero]

That did occur to me too. I would hope that Obama is smart enough not to make an issue of it, because it would not reflect well on him if it came out. He would be stupid to take vengeance on some relatively unimportant guy he’ll never even meet if it might threaten to reflect badly on him.

But apart from that, Obama will predictably promote as many of the wrong guys as he can. clinton went out of his way to promote a**holes and timeservers, of whom Wesley Clark is probably the best known. Obama will also screw up the chain of command and the Pentagon, as much as he can.

[Leofl]

thanks and bookmark

[Wil H]

These SEALS are terrorists, donchaknow....

What's the difference between a Somali pirate and 0bama?

One is an African-born, black, Muslim hell bent on seizing assets and extorting money by any means possible to redistribute to his friends and the other is....

...hang on....

the same thing..

[dfwddr]

BTTT

[Senator_Blutarski]

The Truth is the most powerful force on earth. The truth about this incident will haunt BHO, as it should. May God mercifully remove him from our lives.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the Indian Ocean "

Political Plagiarism

[mrmargaritaville]

Greta just mentioned that the captured pirate is 19 (not 16) as was reported. I’ve said all along that these guys were all coached to say they were under 18-so the would not be treate\tried as adults.

[Vendome]

Obama walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder.

The bartender looks up and says, “Hey, where’d you get that?”

The parrot replies, “In Kenya - they’re all over the place!”

[Oatka]

I was roundly rebuked by those who thought Obama deserved some credit.

Well, I wasn't one who criticized you but did mistakenly (mea culpa) believe that no action would have been taken without the WH's OK. If this report is true, and it makes sense in view of the climate in D.C., then the fact that the on scene commander took the action within the confines of his instructions rates him high marks. Probably something Obama didn't count on.

There's bound to be another situation like this and it will be interesting to see if Obama & Crew hogtie that commander even further.

[Oratam]

Capt. Phillips nearly lost his life due to Obama's attempted rapprochement with Islam.