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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs.
What? Are we becoming the British Navy now? Running away from pirates! What ever happened to, "I have not yet begun to fight?" Hey Navy,Be all you CAN be!
46 posted on
05/07/2009 7:08:32 AM PDT by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs.”
What ignorant A-hole gave our brave naval fleet orders to run like little school girls when fired upon? Gee, I wonder...
47 posted on
05/07/2009 7:09:29 AM PDT by
Beagle8U
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So now the US Navy is running from pirates in speedboats with rifles? I am truly embarassed to be a former sailor.........
49 posted on
05/07/2009 7:11:39 AM PDT by
joe fonebone
(When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This was the right move for the tanker to make, they’re not warships and dont handle like one in any case, so very easy to get swarmed. Going to full power and running away was the right call, and anyone who has spent any time whatsoever looking at naval tactics or been in an Ops Room would tell you the same thing.
50 posted on
05/07/2009 7:12:15 AM PDT by
bankcritic
(Never spend your money before you have it. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs. Has Obama apologized yet for our evading capture?
54 posted on
05/07/2009 7:15:32 AM PDT by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I'm sure Obama will be asked about this new "cut and run" policy at his next WH press conference.
Oh, and the question will come from MSNBC.//sarc off
59 posted on
05/07/2009 7:25:34 AM PDT by
vox_freedom
(If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. - G. K. Chesterton)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Blow these slugs out of the water. Keep doing it until there aren’t any more pirates.
60 posted on
05/07/2009 7:27:21 AM PDT by
kevinm13
(Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“The USNS Lewis and Clark was chased for about an hour on Wednesday morning by two pirates skiffs”
And the national humiliation continues... thanks, zer0.
64 posted on
05/07/2009 7:37:28 AM PDT by
ScottinVA
(Impeach President Soros!!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs.
Not to nitpick, but shouldn't the term be 'sped up'?
Oh, and any ship that plys the waters off Somolia should automatically be armed, no if, ands or buts about it.
78 posted on
05/07/2009 7:51:57 AM PDT by
reagan_fanatic
(We've gone from Jefferson to the Jeffersons)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I have the feeling the pirates knew this ship was a :
86 posted on
05/07/2009 8:08:29 AM PDT by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs. What's this called? The "tuck tail and run" maneuver? We are SO doomed as a nation.
90 posted on
05/07/2009 8:20:44 AM PDT by
OB1kNOb
(I'm all for cap & trade. I want to cap government's power and trade it for a conservative one.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Brings to mind this scene in “The Longest Day”:
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: [in German] “This is history. We are living an historical moment. We are going to lose the war because our glorious Führer has taken a sleeping pill and is not to be awakened. Sometimes I wonder which side God is on.”
I guess our armed forces have to hope The One never sleeps.
The NappyOne
91 posted on
05/07/2009 8:23:29 AM PDT by
NappyOne
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, it’s a supply ship, not a combat ship. But if they were being attacked by small arms, then you’d think they could shoot back even as they kept their distance.
I suspect we are back to the Obama Rules of Engagement: “Shooting back at pirates even in self defense ist verboten.”
92 posted on
05/07/2009 8:24:58 AM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
96 posted on
05/07/2009 8:43:07 AM PDT by
Former MSM Viewer
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." W 2001)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The scurvy dogs should have been dispatched to Davey Jones locker! Arrrrgggggg
106 posted on
05/07/2009 9:50:04 AM PDT by
dennisw
(Your action becomes your habit. Your habit becomes your character, that becomes your destiny)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
WTF is going on in the world when the US Navy speeds away from pirates firing on one of our ships??!!
I don’t know how much more I can take before I move to a deserted island!
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