>From what I read, the Navy acted on a 'standing order' from Obama that if the captain's life was in jeopardy, to take action. So, its not like Obama made the decsion under pressure and a short while later we had 3 dead pirates. http://snurl.com/fspgi
However, I applaud Obama for making this decision to begin with. Oddly enough, we spent the weekend with my in-laws (my father in-law is ex-military) and we talked about how difficult it might be to launch a rescue and my thougts were that all we needed were 4 SEAL snipers and this would be over. One thing I do not understand is why we were negotiating with them. What happened to 'we do not negotiate with terrorists'? How is this any different than when hostages are taken elsewhere in the world? I don't get it. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I heard Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh going off about how Obama was > quaking in his boots, how he'd be bowing and apologizing to the > pirates and it would be "Carter all over again" blah blah blah. They > were fucking gloating about the capture of an American abroad and > Obama's first military test. > > I'm glad that Obama stepped up to the plate and made what I'm sure was > a gut wrenching call. God, I know that Seals are trained for this and > know what they signed up for and merchant marine captains too....but > can you imagine the second guessing within yourself you have to shut > down and say "ok, this is the plan by my best guys. Go." > > Obama is no pansy-ass pacifist. He may even be more of a hawk than I'm > entirely comfortable with. Kudos to him for this call though and a > brilliant job by the guys on the ground doing the rescue. Immense > respect to the Seals and other special forces teams that train for the > hardest jobs out there. > > Judah > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Larry Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hostage captain rescued, 3 pirates killed > > > > Awesome. I wonder what the rules are out on the "high seas"? They > > have to be different than the regular civilian world. If you are > > being threatened by a pirate as their boat approaches, can you fire > > first? Are warning shots required? > > > > Really, if you are 350 miles off the coast of a country without a > > functioning government and you sent them to live with the fishes, > > would there even be an investigation? > > > > -Cam > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
