It was good to see Obama perform a Presidential Duty actually sanctioned by the Constitution!! Next up, will he follow in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and actually try and defeat the pirate menace by taking the fight to them on their own turf as many experts are endorsing? Or will he allow them to continue operations unimpeded from the safety of their home bases?
Jarrad On Apr 13, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Lance McCulley wrote: > Navy Seal snipers rescued an American cargo ship captain unharmed > and killed three Somali pirates in a daring operation in the Indian > Ocean on Sunday, ending a five-day standoff between United States > naval forces and a small band of brigands in a covered orange > lifeboat off the Horn of Africa. > > Acting with President Obama’s authorization and in the belief that > the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, was in imminent danger of being > killed by captors armed with pistols and AK-47s, snipers on the > fantail of the destroyer Bainbridge, which was towing the lifeboat > on a 100-foot line, opened fire and picked off the three captors. > > Two of the captors had poked their heads out of a rear hatch of the > lifeboat, exposing themselves to clear shots, and the third could be > seen through a window in the bow, pointing an automatic rifle at the > captain, who was tied up inside the 18-foot lifeboat, senior Navy > officials said. > > It took only three remarkable shots — one each by snipers firing > from a distance at dusk, using night-vision scopes, the officials > said. Within minutes, rescuers slid down ropes from the Bainbridge, > climbed aboard the lifeboat and found the three pirates dead. They > then untied Captain Phillips, ending the contretemps at sea that had > riveted much of the world’s attention. A fourth pirate had > surrendered earlier. > --http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/africa/13pirates.html?hp > > AHHH YEAH SUCKAS! > > -Lance > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Politically Opinionated Outspoken People Expounding Religion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pooper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
