Posted on 04/18/2009 10:36:47 PM PDT by kellynla
WASHINGTON While Barack Obama is basking in praise for his "decisive" handling of the Somali pirate attack on a merchant ship in the India Ocean, reliable military sources close to the scene are painting a much different picture of the incident accusing the president of employing restrictive rules of engagement that actually hampered the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips and extended the drama at sea for days.
Multiple opportunities to free the captain of the Maersk Alabama from three young pirates were missed, these sources say all because a Navy SEAL team was not immediately ordered to the scene and then forced to operate under strict, non-lethal rules of engagement.
They say the response duty office at the Pentagon was initially unwilling to grant an order to use lethal force to rescue Phillips. They also report the White House refused to authorize deployment of a Navy SEAL team to the location for 36 hours, despite the recommendation of the on-scene commander.
The White House also turned down two rescue plans offered up by the Seal commander on the scene and the captain of the USS Bainbridge.
The SEAL team operated under rules of engagement that required them to do nothing unless the hostage's life was in "imminent' danger.
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“...be sure of this: your sin will track you down.”
— Numbers 32:23 H&K Mk23 Paraphrase
“Pretender of the United States” Ping!
Like a lot of others here, I suspected that they risked their careers to do the right thing.
They did no such thing.
Yes, it was pure coincidence that Captain Phillip's life "was in imminent danger" the very moment that all three pirate heads were exposed to SEAL snipers at the same time.
That's the story. They're stickin' to it. That's what happened. Really. This is a "no sh!tter".
Reportedly, Obama originally ordered the SEAL rifles to be loaded with cannisters of weapons-grade “We Of Course Blame Your Geopolitical/Socioeconomic Situation, But Could You Please Rethink Your Actions” gas (developed by government scientists at taxpayers’ expense).
The military hating, “I love the military” President.
That would be RHIB. This email, which should be posted in chat, has been making the rounds. Take it with a shaker of salt.
Mau-Bama & the Demo-RATS would take credit for the sun Rising in the morning and Setting in the evening if thought they could get away with it.
I received an email from fellow USNA grad that had the original email from active duty in it. None of us are absolutely sure it is genuine, but the language is all right.
For the sake of the careers of the Capt and Lcdr Seal Leader..we need to kind of cool it on this one. They are real hero’s and need to be protected with silence.
I received an email from fellow USNA grad that had the original email from active duty in it. None of us are absolutely sure it is genuine, but the language is all right.
For the sake of the careers of the Capt and Lcdr Seal Leader..we need to kind of cool it on this one. They are real hero’s and need to be protected with silence.
I see that Somalia has “voted” to institute Sharia. Obama will now surely make them our new best friends.
Whether every aspect of this piece is accurate or not, what more can we expect from our boy president. He’s the one who wants to make nice and talk to our cutthroat enemies, the “moderate” taliban of which there doesn’t seem to be any. He wants to talk with Ahmanutjob who has stated Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth and he just cozied up to Hugo who is the nutjob of our own hemisphere, *shaking head*!
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