We don’t know if this is true or not, or whether it is from a reliable source or not, and I suppose we never will.
But it’s exactly the way I was figuring it happened.
I’ve repeatedly pointed out that the brave captain dove into the water because he figured the Bainbridge would cover him and rescue him—and they didn’t. Why? The only possible reason I can think of was that Barry gave explicit orders not to fire.
All the rest of it sounds probable too.
I also said that the captain probably finally said to himself, “The hell with it. This can’t go on.” Then he said, “Look, they’re pointing a weapon at him. He’s in eminent danger. OK, you have permission, fire when ready!”
The only good thing about it is that the officer who gave the order will not be punished, because Obama needs to take credit.
Many of the pirates along the east coast of Somalia belong to the Luo Tribe. The Luo tribe is headed by Odinga Obama, Bambi’s cousin!
Not in public, at least. Anyone think this officer will make Captain? Not me!
Exactly as I figured as well! By the way, when someone has machine guns pointed at you and is threatening to kill you, are you not in imminent danger?? I truly wondered about this. I guess since those pirates are always pictured w/big smiles on their faces, they’re friendly nice pirates, not mean evil ones??
The captain would go along with the story and say, "Sure, I jumped a second time!" in order to save the SEALS asses, and if the surviving terrorist denied it, so what, and the other three were dead. Obama couldn't say a word without betraying himself and looking like the wiener he is. Later the story changed and dropped the fictitious second jump scenario, because to leave it like that would make it pretty obvious that Obama didn't initiate the rescue (which he didn't in any case), so it had to be changed to the SEALS acting on his orders.
Sounds like the way it really played out (though we will never know that) was close to what I suspected. God bless the Navy SEALS.
I don't think so. I'm guessing it was just a matter of logistics and skill. The SEALS weren't yet on station when the skipper jumped into the water on Friday.
With all apologies to our Navy veterans, US sailors are not very good shots. In fact, I don't believe anyone on board a guided missile destroyer is even trained on a rifle, like the M-16A2 or the M14. The only weapons that were probably even pointed at the lifeboat at the time were crew-served M60s or M2s - not weapons you want to fire at a small object at 300 yards, especially when something you don't want to hit is floating right next to it.
I'm guessing that the Bainbridge skipper was instructed not to do anything provocative and to keep the lifeboat close with an open line of communication until the SEALS arrived. In my experience, that's very good advice.
Now, what happened after the SEALS set up shop is anyone's guess. I'm sure the real story has yet to come out, but eventually it certainly will - it always does.