THIS IS BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE AFTER
COULD RACE, COLOR OR RELIGION BE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR TOWARD THE POOR, DESPERATE, MISUNDERSTOOD MUSLIM SOMALI PIRATES??
PERISH THE THOUGHT!!
Posted on 04/11/2009 8:37:38 AM PDT by papasmurf
” Why isn’t our President doing anything about this? “
Well, he’s got more important things to do.
He’s dying eggs lavender and pink for the first ever White House Easter egg hunt for gay and lesbian and transgender families.
Then he’s holding an intelligence briefing on the swing set with Hillary , while they munch on that pricey leftover pizza.
Next week he’s going to Trinidad for the Summit of the Americas.
Then after that ,a stop in Mexico.
So, he’s polishing his latest anti American speeches so he can apologize to the southern hemisphere for America’s arrogance and disrespect.
He also has to wax his chest for the inevitable beach photos where he prances around in the surf
for the adoring media.
And he has to work on disguising his hatred of the unclean beast for the family dog photo op and media extravaganza next week.
Remember these are just thugs in a tug and Barry is helpless.
Imagine a country with nukes or biological or chemical weapons.
We’re screwed and like Captain Phillips, we’re on our own.
You’d have to have someone with backbone in the WH to do anything. This character is truly taking the place of Jimmah Carter as the worst! Ever!!! This guy is running around the world on his Apology Tour and when he gets back he and his fellow frat boys send out for pizza - from Kansas City, no less. In the meantime, ships are being hijacked, crews put in danger, and this spineless jerk justs sits back.....I’m disgusted!!!!
Give the guy a break. He's still recuperating from his pizza hangover from last night's party. Maybe he'll be kind enough to send the chef he flew in from St. Louis, over to Somalia, so that Italian crew on the tugboat can at least get a slice of pizza. At taxpayer's expense of course.
They should require the captain to carry machine guns on these vessels.
If that was the case, they wouldn't have taken the second boat. The fact that nothing was done by Obama after the first attack, not even a statement, has only emboldened the pirates to continue. I think you're wishing for Obama to be something he ain't, and that's a leader.
One could step forth and decry the Somali's as "international criminals who stoop to such lowly deeds as kidnapping, makes them pariahs in the eyes of the world."
Nonsense. How would they know it was American owned when it flies an Italian flag? They took it because it was there and they could, that simple.
As for defending it because it's American property, a ship is national territory of the country whose flag it flies. If the owner wanted the protection of the USN, he should hae flagged it here. He chose to fly the flag of another country. OK, fine, it's Italian territory.
The Italians will know how to deal with the Somalis since they used to own them.
When you say "a better GOP", I guess you mean more "progressive" and less "conservative".
Roosevelt was always a Progressive. If he's your idea of the model Republican I think that FreeRepublic might be a bit too conservative for you.
Yup-—just read through some of hihoherman’s posts—FReerepublic might not be a good home since he/she agrees with Schumer.
What would have TR done in this situation? I bet I could guess and it involves dead pirates..
The same could probably be said for FRANKLIN Roosevelt.
How naive are you? Any idiot with an internet connection can find out, in seconds, who owns a ship, who the Master is, the type of cargo they carry, etc., etc.
If you don’t think these terrorists know all of that before they set out to hijack a ship, or that they don’t plan their hijackings before hand, then I’ve got some GM stock I want to talk to you about.
BTW, it doesn’t matter, especially when seeking to embarrass or receiving vengeance, who the “flag” Nation is, as long as it serves their purpose.
THIS IS BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE AFTER
COULD RACE, COLOR OR RELIGION BE PLAYING A ROLE IN THE CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR TOWARD THE POOR, DESPERATE, MISUNDERSTOOD MUSLIM SOMALI PIRATES??
PERISH THE THOUGHT!!
Take a look at hihohermans join date..3/12/09
methinks I smell a troll..
Could it? hahaha
We KNOW the answer to that, especially in light of our PRES__ENT’s ancestral, and ideological history.
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