Posted on 02/18/2011 7:06:25 PM PST by Stayfrosty
UNITED NATIONS -- Somalia's U.N. Mission said Friday that pirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens in the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast.
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If the boat had been flying a Russian flag the pirates would not have touched them.
Yes you are correct they now might be ex-libs...:>)
I remember Missouri in the Gulf War, but didn’t remember NJ having been used in Lebanon. Thanks!
According to what I read, Obama approved the use of lethal force, allowing the Officer on site to take the appropriate action.
link please. I’d truely like to educate myself on this.
May the Lord protect them and allow them to continue their work.
Pray for them and those under the influence of satan who are holding them.
I hope Clinton is working on this.
The rescue action came after the Defence Department twice asked Mr Obama for permission to use military force in a rescue attempt.
Mr Obama first gave permission around 8 p.m. (0000 GMT) Friday, and upgraded it at 9:20 a.m. (1320 GMT) Saturday.
However Obama made them out to be more like criminals than terrorists—we must not offend... who terrorists?
“The rescue action came after the Defence Department twice asked Mr Obama for permission to use military force in a rescue attempt.
Mr Obama first gave permission around 8 p.m. (0000 GMT) Friday, and upgraded it at 9:20 a.m. (1320 GMT) Saturday.”
Again, from what I understand, O BS was wee wee’d.
He's the guy carrying the whip, master of ceremonies of the circus, watching safe from ringside--the ringmaster-in-chief.
“Obama plays it so if things go awry he’s not in the cross hairs of the mainstream media; if things go well, he bows and takes the credit.
He’s the guy carrying the whip, master of ceremonies of the circus, watching safe from ringside—the ringmaster-in-chief.”
I agree with your observation. But, that’s a knife edge to walk along and soon he will slip, miss a step and lose those tiny cajones that he possesses.
flashback ping
Old incident :
Mr Obama first gave permission around 8 p.m. (0000 GMT) Friday, and upgraded it at 9:20 a.m. (1320 GMT) Saturday.
Glen Doherty was one of the snipers. According to his dad. He was no longer in the Navy.
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