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French seize ‘mother ship’
Stars and Stripes ^ | April 17, 2009 | Stars and Stripes

Posted on 04/17/2009 12:08:52 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

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1 posted on 04/17/2009 12:08:54 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

For shame to us, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are doing what we dare not do.


2 posted on 04/17/2009 12:10:11 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Two thoughts. First, when your "mother ship" is only 30 feet long, your life-expectancy on the high seas versus even the French navy isn't going to be very long.

Second, this is one instance where Sarkozy's short man disease may actually benefit the people of France and the mariners in the Indian ocean.

It's a sad day when the French are more militarily forceful than the US.

3 posted on 04/17/2009 12:14:08 AM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Go Sarko!


4 posted on 04/17/2009 12:23:30 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Jet Jaguar

“followed the two small pirate skiffs back to a 30-foot boat apparently being used as a base for the pirates”

at which point the helicopter used its twin set of miniguns to
strafe the pirate crafts and ‘mothership’ , shredding everything and everyone , leaving no survivors and only smoking wreckage dispersing with the currents .


5 posted on 04/17/2009 12:27:09 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Jet Jaguar; nctexan; MassachusettsGOP; paudio; ronnie raygun; Minette; fieldmarshaldj; untenured; ..

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Chapeau! to Jet Jaguar for the Post.

Felicitations to Sarko and the french military for this operation. His Barackness talks, and visits foreign lands; Sarko takes action!

Yes, the French have a Navy.

Yes, the French have Warships, they even have Air Craft Carriers

France is a Nuclear Power and has Mirage Jets armed with Nuclear weapons.

Nicolas Sarkozy is President of France. He hates Socialists, and always calls a Spade a Spade.


6 posted on 04/17/2009 12:30:42 AM PDT by Cincinna (TIME TO REBUILD * PALIN * JINDAL * CANTOR 2012)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I never thought I would hear myself say it, but, “Hooray for the French!”


7 posted on 04/17/2009 12:37:01 AM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
For shame to us, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are doing what we dare not do.ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO BY OUR COMMUNIST CHICKEN-HEARTED DICTATOR WHO IS TOO COWARDLY TO.. !@#$%@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#$%^&*( AND HE ISN'T EVEN AN AMERICAN!!!!!!

There fixed it for ya'.

8 posted on 04/17/2009 1:01:47 AM PDT by Jemian (PAM of JT ~~ Caligula, just like his Kenyan ancestors, is selling his countrymen into slavery.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I would have preferred the title line to have replaced the word ‘seized’ with ‘sunk (with all aboard dying).’


9 posted on 04/17/2009 1:05:59 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT 2006; now living north of Tampa Bay)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
For shame to us, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are doing what we dare not do.

France had an election, apparently for the better...and they don't like Obama, which says something about growing some wisdom as well.

10 posted on 04/17/2009 1:12:25 AM PDT by highlander_UW (The only difference between the MSM and the DNC is the MSM sells ad space in their propaganda)
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To: George from New England

>>I would have preferred the title line to have replaced the word ‘seized’ with ‘sunk ’<<

Look at the bright side - they can always sink it later after they search it for evidence - these “pirates” have a financial network, PR people and hiding places - the more info we and our allies get, the better. And the French have a bit more stomach than in the the past.


11 posted on 04/17/2009 1:14:10 AM PDT by gondramB
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To: HiTech RedNeck
For shame to us, the cheese eating surrender monkeys are doing what we dare not do.

They don't have a Neville Chamberlain in office right now...we do.

12 posted on 04/17/2009 1:47:38 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Jet Jaguar

saving


13 posted on 04/17/2009 2:41:08 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Jet Jaguar

I am liking the French more every day! They are taking up the slack from our losing a real President for this Imposter in Chief we have now who gave four pirates in a row boat the world stage to spew their propaganda from for four days.


14 posted on 04/17/2009 2:53:28 AM PDT by Wpin (I do not regret my admiration for W)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I wonder if George Clinton was there.


15 posted on 04/17/2009 3:18:37 AM PDT by Southern_Republican
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To: Jet Jaguar

My only problem with this action is that “detaining” the pirates doesn’t do much to deter them. I’m sure the average French prison is much more comfy than whatever sh1t-hole these people come from in Somalia. And then, after they serve their time, I’m sure they’ll have good immigration lawyers and end up living in France.

Join the Pirates! Move to France!


16 posted on 04/17/2009 3:52:35 AM PDT by samtheman
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You have to give credit where it is due.

I have knocked France over and over and I feel the Pirates will not be adequately punished by them, but even so they are doing something. Obviously they also can recognise a phony, and that’s what we have as President.


17 posted on 04/17/2009 4:04:49 AM PDT by Venturer
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Word has it that they fearlessly towed the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier right up to the pirates and then threatened them with insults!


18 posted on 04/17/2009 4:09:08 AM PDT by TSgt (Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
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Excellent. I’d rather the pirates be killed than arrested. If the arrest is a formality prior to their hanging, then so be it.


19 posted on 04/17/2009 4:10:32 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Big_Monkey
It's a sad day when the French are more militarily forceful than the US.

Sad but makes sense because Obama doesn't want to hurt his fellow Muslims. If politically feasible, he'd side with the Somali pirates.

20 posted on 04/17/2009 4:18:02 AM PDT by peyton randolph (B. Hussein Obama is Jimmy Carter with more estrogen)
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