Obama Approved Special Forces Team

I wonder what Newt will say about this. While he was spouting off at the mouith that Obama hadn’t done anything our President was in fact showing his iron fist to the pirates. Obama will uphold his commitment to protect our country. However, I am sure the right wingers will spin this as a sign that he is somehow beholden to terrorists. I am glad most Americans see them as a bitter and increasingly irrelevant lot.

Good job to all involved. Awesome, now to the end result and move onward. Again, thank you for a great job all the way around.

old Newt was worried about all the talk about the Obama’s dog!

Great Job Pres. O
Eager to hear what the extreme intolerant right will say about this.

did he authorize them to shoot, or just be on scene? My guess just be on scene, but since a good result will not punish them for doing their job.(unlike Bush and those Texas border guards)

I guess you think that the president was waiting on you to tell him when to act on this situation? You know that he’s been working on it since he found out that there was an American being held! The president has done a real good job so far!

how about doing something so this doesn’t happen again?

WTG Mr. President and the US Navy

No boxcar he did not do what the “neocons” said he should do. He did what the POTUS should do, his job.

NortonPete: You’re yet another person who has no idea what he’s talking about. Seems to me that a decisive president is on the job, and one who knows that merely being decisive is only half the battle. One also has to be prudent. The bottom line is, this situation was handled well, and our man is alive. How can you try to throw water on that based on an assumption for which you have no evidence?

Guess the ’3 AM Phone Call’ is no longer an issue. Great job!

IN YOUR FACE NEWT

It’s not a political issue but a military one. The SEAL’s wait for the right moment so the Captain was not killed. That Captain is a brave man, just like our military. Everyone should be proud of the job the Navy did here.

Good job to the Special Forces team members. Politics aside, this is a win for the good guys. To make this about politics would belittle the accomplishments of the military and a brave captain and his crew.

So NortonPete, you criticize Obama for acting and you would have criticized him for NOT acting, neo-con hypocrite, it’s Easter, why don’t you go somewhere a read a fairy story.

YEH!!! Well planned and well executed by the Navy!! Obviously this was a top to bottom operation and they just needed the right moment to pull it off. Whew! Sick of all the pundits just waiting for an opening to continue slamming Obama!! How about we all just get on the same page and help each other just like the Captain did for his crew! What a fine story. The President is the right guy at the right time.

Wtih lunatics preaching ‘revolution’ and ‘martyr’ like Glenn Beck, Hannity, Rush and O’Reilly as their spokesmen, one might consider that the GOP is the new Al Queda.

Well said!
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Good job to the Special Forces team members. Politics aside, this is a win for the good guys. To make this about politics would belittle the accomplishments of the military and a brave captain and his crew.
Posted by: PiercerNC

Hehehehe as if we knew this media statement wasn’t coming ….. Why do you think BO and his lackey’s were keeping VERY QUIET about this….. Have to see the out come BEFORE BO responds…. just like with his stimulus package and bailouts…. ….

R.I.P to all my somali pirates. You guys are my hero.

Spin George spin…………again the facts do add up to the Obama lies. I know you bots are shocked that obama lies, but Obama lies. Had things happen as Obama’s ABC lap puppy is trying to spin, the pirates would have been shot when the Captain tried to flee. Husband marine-retired, son Navy, neice Navy, Father Air Force. Oh and the president would have already a prepared statement about the release instead of the 6 month old puppy instead of George I was told BS.

a lotta people eating crow today!!!

It sounds more like the Navy over rode Obama’s stupidity and freed the hostage on their own. I hope whoever gave the order isn’t in trouble and is silently forced out for it.

Ok, all you Dems, let me tell you what the president was doing … having a party & ordering pizza from St. Louis…giving the hard line to Korea about shooting a rocket … making nice to the press about his dog — his dog for God’s sake! … trying to figure out where he wanted his family to get the latest photo shoot at the church of their choice for Easter … telling us that the Housing Bill was more important than some pirates on the sea .. and getting called a Pantywaist by the British press. How’s that for facts. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad the captain was rescued — but you guys are a joke when you want to run behind someone’s behind and sing “hail to the chief.” Korea’s bomb — rescuing a captain — not too much said by our Pres about either one. I’d say the NAVY SEALS DESERVE THE CREDIT FOR THIS ONE! Give credit where credit is due. Please — we don’t all live in Hollywood.

Overheard at the Pirate Board of Directors Meeting…”guess we ain’t getting plasma TVs, new laptops, the Jeeps, or the MB I had my eye on”. Meanwhile, the Russians and Chineese and others who’s ships are being held by other pirates are looking at this now in a different light. Can’t be outdone by the USA said one Russian to the others.

Obama should have done this days ago. To bad he was so worried about his new dog.

Well, I am surprised we went with a military solution and it worked. Considering how much we tend to bite off more than we can chew in places like Afghanistan or Iraq, I suppose 4 pirates and 1 hostage in a raft should not be that complicated. The president made no personal announcements about this situation but his past rhetoric would have implied diplomacy over action. I think most people, including the pirates were expecting a drawn-out diplomatic solution and were caught off guard when the SEALs sniped and we got our skipper back.

Wow.
Wingnuts on crack.
Rabid wingnuts on crack.
Stark raving mad wingnuts on crack.

Yesterday I wrote my comment here and said that if we allow the Pirates to get away with this, we are either stupid or cowards. Our Navy is neither. It could have gone the other way and the Captain could now be dead, yet this one time, we absolutely made the right choice, no matter the outcome. There are times that you cannot give in to Tyranny. They (Somalia)were literally trying to bite the hand that feeds them. I think, Good Job to all concerned, and please do not forget that the Pirates are still in business and hold 200+ hostages
and 20+ ships. Lets bomb the mother ships!

Great Job Mr. President

Now, the right is saying it is only because of former Bush tht Pres. Obama was able to do this…..ARE THEY SERIOUS??
BUZZARDSKORNER

Obama didn’t have a choice but to finally appear tough, considering he has been weakening the US in the past three months.
I’m sure he had to be pressured into this by all the real military men that are actually protecting our country.
Kudos to the Navy. The President? Poser in Chief.

Captain Philips home isn’t far from mine. I just pleased that he will be able to rejoin his family. Congrat’s to the U.S. Armed forces…job well done!

George your audition for Pres Secretary went very well….When they kick Gibbs out— the job is yours. No body but MSNBC and you can spin a sugary sweet Obama tale 24/7.

All this talk about BO.You guys are IDIOTS! The decision was a tactical one not political. The President was kept informed and followed the advice of his military advisors. Now if he really wants to show some leadership on this piracy issue, he can destroy the safe haven of the pirates. Kind of like what the USA did with the Barbary pirates in 1804 or so.

As a matter of fact PresGov, i’m NOT listening to you and and your gold nugget quips like “President Panty Waste”. You should take your sidesplitting comedy and thought provoking social-political commentary on the road… then drive directly into the nearest brick wall. :)

Let this be the beginning of the end of piracy and terrorism and a lesson to the leaders of rogue nations that their days are numbered no more Bushy washy policies of the past 8 years. There is a new Commander in chief in town who will blow everyone who holds America hostage. Let the cargo flow though International waters unhindered from now on.

I can’t wait to hear the role Biden played in this. THAT would make a great fiction movie.

The Pres is so “cool”, it just frustrate the heck out these Retard-Repub’s. You do your work behind the scence, you don’t have to broadcast to the world that you have things under control. Our President Obama acted like the Commander In Chief. Newt, “Limbo”, Sean and rodeo-clown Beck should just go away … The nation has spoken and we don’t need these idiots to tell us what to think … Go Obama, get it right over the next 4-Years and you get definite get my vote in 2012.

Why wouldn’t he authorize them to shoot? Of course he did. You don’t dispatch special forces to a situation to watch.

Are all the insults really necessary, especially on a day like this when a true American hero is rescued by American forces? This win is for Capt Phillips and the silent heroes who risked their lives to save him. Forget the politicians. Neither party has anyone to boast about.
Americans need to stop being pawns for party power brokers and start looking to examples of individuals who take control of their own destinies like Capt Phillips and his crew.
Let’s rescue Americans from the strangleholds of politicians and their operatives. Let’s applaud when it’s earned and boo when it’s not…without regard to party affiliations. Remove party blinders!

Good news all around. Sorry GOP. Wish it could have been the Marine Corps instead of the Seals. Ah Heck, I am proud of them anyway.

This intolerant right winger says: Great job by President Obama (and our navy, of course). Keep up the good work.

This isn’t about Rep vs. Dem, Obama/Biden vs. Bush/Cheney or the other talking figureheads from the political parties. The president authorized lethal force if the situation warranted it. Naval assets and special forces had to be moved into place. These things don’t happen overnight. This wasn’t a video game fantasy land of shoot first – ask questions last. Give credit where it’s rightfully due for the planning, training, skills and successful conclusion pertaining to this situation.

Nobody here knows exactly what the President did and when. Yet most proud Americans praise all involved when America achieves a success. Except for the people so twisted with hate that they would rather ASSUME that the President did everything wrong, rather than admit that America might work.

So Obama’s been too preoccupied with the dog to know what was going on, G? Obama was in the background, keeping cool, not shooting off his mouth and exercising his judgement on when to use force. Sounds like just the commander in chief we want. And the wingnuts want to talk about the dog. What else ya got?

Mark Jacobs:
You know, you really do have a point.
However, as you can see by some of the statements made, I’m wondering just who is really in the ‘Blame America First’ camp.
Look upthread to see just who it is second-guessing and and casting aspiratins – some of which are complete fabrications – on our commander in cheif…

Somehow I bet the “teleprompter” will be the hero of this story.

Obama is taking all the glory now that it is over…he didn’t say anything before because if it didn’t turn out well he could have said something else to always look his best. No response, didn’t even vote present BEFORE the event. He could have gone before the microphones (without his teleprompter)and told the American People (we were all watching the news) and just said I give the authority to our Navy to engage and do whatever is necessary to free this American. He did not. Believe what you want to believe.

To those who question Newt’s ethics.
First of all, the man knows his history. Take notice that no one at the round table EVER takes issue w/him because he has his FACTS straight.
And — if you want to mention ethics, let me enlighten you: Ever heard of Chappaquitic? Oh, and we also have that man shaking his finger at the American public and admonishing us: I DID NOT!!!
Get a life — or at least quit pointing fingers.
And it was a Mr. Garrot of the British press that called Obamma a Paintywaist. Look it up online — and all the comments attached to his article. Just came out over the weekend. Gives you a good perspective about how the world views our Pres.

I am proud of President Obama and the navy seales.

I think we are getting down to the last 10%

G: “Gives you a good perspective about how the world views our Pres.”
No, it gives us a perspective on how Mr. Garrot views our President. You and Mr. Garrot make think he is the whole world, but I kind of doubt it. Especially as we have also been hearing high praise from other people who actually live in the world too.

well if you listened to the live press conference by Vice. Adm. Bill Gortney, he clearly stated that President Obama issued standing orders for the use of lethal force if it was necessary. These were dramatic, very tense operations. The USS Bainbridge had attached a tow rope to the life boat and was slowly towing it back to sea while concurrently shortening the length of the tow rope to bring it into closer distance with sharp shooters positioned on the “tail fin” of the Bainbridge. The pirates opened the hatch on the lifeboat then exposed their upper bodies when they recognized their close proximity to the ship. At the same time, Capt. Phillips moved to the opposite side of the lifeboat to relieve himself while one pirate held a gun at his back — an act that special forces perceived to be imminent danger to Capt. Phillips. That’s when sharp shooters simultaneously took out the 3 pirates on the lifeboat. The 4th pirate, a 16 year old, was already aboard the Bainbridge distracted by hostage negotiators.

Killed while watching someone take a leak… They even managed to bring some levity to the ending.

Their story is inaccurate.
US Navy SEALs are special forces.
They came in on the USS Bainbrige. This we know.
Obama waited until Saturday to authorize the Navy to use force. Until then, they were observing.
Somebody made the call to get the FBI negotiator involved. Negotiations were tried first and failed.
The Navy had that life boat lit up well at night with spotlights and with night vision since the first minute on scene.
If Obama authorized earlier, like they claim, the Navy would have acted the second the Captain jumped overboard and swam.

“Could have been resolved days ago by a decisive President”? What a poor loser. Why not just say, “Waaaaaa!”?

Mike: “He could have gone before the microphones … and just said I give the authority…”
If Obama had made a public statement about ongoing military options, the right-wing would understandably accuse him of treason.
You suggest that Obama should have done such a stupid thing just to prove to you that he was on the ball. It is apparent that Obama doesn’t give a rip what YOU think of the things you know nothing about.

Will the press be reporting on the Kenya connection to the story or will that just be glossed over? Hmm.

“Somehow I just don’t recall Jack Kennedy having so much fun during the Cuban missle crisis.”
Well, first of all this incident was not bringing us within a heartbeat of nuclear war.
Secondly, the Kennedys were usually pretty good about finding ways to relieve stress. Just because it wasn’t all announced to YOU, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Raker
Thanks for the clarification, but delaying the authorization for 2 days will make the movie so much better.

Can we finally get back to that cute puppy dog story?

I must admit, Pizza, Puppy and Pirates all in the same weekend. . .How does he do it?!!! He really is “The One”

Luckily this is over. Now if the Obama’s can get their new used dog on tuesday they will be able to attend the tea party on Wednesday. Busy, busy, busy.

A good movie, but a short one.
Congrats Newt. Once again the neo-con recommendation to act fast and do the wrong thing is the wrong thing. Time has always been on Obama’s side.

jock, you are right. Why should the president care about what the people think. You da man!

After bowing to a king that treats women like property, belittling America while overseas, and having North Korea practically spit in his face–Obama had no choice really.
He has the reputation worldwide of being kinda wimpy—all talk no action.
Maybe this will help BO save face.

I can’t wait for the movie. . let me guess: Pirates played by Chris Rock Matin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy . . . . . .and who could be better playing Obama than Dave Chapelle

Now if the other countries would show some backbone.

Wow! Who would have thought there would be so many haters after an American life was saved today. Now we know who America’s true enemy combatants are. Guantanamo, water boards, unlawful detainment and no due process for them.

Now if the other countries would show some backbone
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France did the other day.

Nice try spinning the story George. Is this the best you, Begala and Carville can come up with? I saw the press conference with the admiral, by the way when are we going to hear from the WH?, and he said they were not authorized to take action and could only use deadly force if the captain’s life was in danger. The snipers on the ship had clear shots on all three pirates at once and they took them. I’m sure they were tired of waiting around and knew they would probably not have another opportunity. This is not the way Obama wanted it to end, and he should get no credit for the outcome. It was the ship’s captain that ordered the snipers to shoot that should get all the credit.

Wonder why repubs think Obama owes them a play by play on all of his decisions. He thinks it through then acts. Wow, after eight years of reactionary Bush, this is wonderful.

Since ABC brought up the movie….
They(hollywood) had better get the conversations right.
Do you know how long 4 days is to a SEAL who knows they can end the situation, but can’t when they are continually told to stand down? Make sure they show the conservations among the SEALs in the movie accurately. All 4 days worth.
They need to show correctly, the conservation between the US Navy and the Pentagon and the White House trying to get authorization. – Some of us have a real good idea as to just who pressured who to end this standoff.
Also show the Navy brass and the SEAL’s reaction when they learned an FBI negotiator was handling this. By reaction I mean facial expressions and conversations.
I could go on, but posts get long…

Jeff, I never thought about it that way but I think you make a good point. The undue stress on the captain was actually caused by Obamas delay. Had he acted swiftly it could have ended sooner and he would not have had to endure the extra emotional stress. I hope he pursues this. I noticed the family has not mentioned Obama’s name.

Obama has made our country look weaker on this one. His lack of leadership in putting this to an end right away will be noticed by the terrorists.

What President wouldn’t have given approval to rescue the hostage if they had a clear shot to do so?

According to Biden he swam out to the lifeboat and took the pirates on by himself. He decided to kill 3 and keep one for himself. That will make a great movie. Obama would have helped but he can’t swim.

I think Obama’s handling of this was embarrassing at best but even worse is the coverage by the entertainment journalists.

Will this qualify as a job created or a job saved?

Great Job President Obama But way the Looney Far right will have some Negative say to this What eles is new with the Republicans?

I think Obama’s handling of this was embarrassing at best but even worse is the coverage by the entertainment journalists.
Posted by: jackie
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….and what EXACTLY was “embarassing” about how the President handled this situation?
…..and what EXACTLY would you have done !!!???

Obama is extremely lucky this turned out good.
He waited 3-4 days to authorize force
and missed opportunities like the Captain jumping out of the lifeboat.
It would have defined Obama for the rest of his term–and who knows how it still may define him.
Thank God the captain is OK.

Obama sent a clear message – don’t mess with this country or I’ll get you when I can get to it.

Poor captain, I hope he sues Obama for emotional distress caused by his delay.

Well done Mr. President.
You rescued the captain, and made the entire right wing look totally ridiculous……again.

Thank God we have a President who is SMART.
For all those naysayers who didn’t believe the President had a handle on this thing with the pirates holding the captain hostage think again. The President ordered the strike that freed the captain.
Now see. You don’t have to look like some cowboy in front of a camera like ole dubya to get something done. And notice you DO NOT want to give thugs legitimacy by making mention of them. The President did the right thing by taking out the trash in without all the fanfare and rhetoric.
While you neocons are out at your tea parties next week, how about toasting your President with a cup or darjeeling for a good job.
cheers.

he waited to long. waa waa waa
If that wasn’t so hilarious, it would be pathetic.
on second thought it’s hilariously pathetic.

you liberals still foaming at the mouth i see. I’m going out to burn a big pile of coal.

The lunatic right wingers just show us every day how much they should be ignored. Good thing our President does not listen to them and is instead doing the right thing!

Good thing Bush was not here, we would see a poster that said Mission Accomplished and the hostage would be dead, pirates free and Rush saying it was because of the Democrats.

I think Obama’s handling of this was embarrassing at best but even worse is the coverage by the entertainment journalists.
Posted by: jackie | Apr 12, 2009 6:17:44 PM
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Embarrassing because it was a success? What is wrong with you people?

Wonderful news. President Obama, the Navy, the Captain all deserve credit. It was brilliantly played and even through it appears the wing-nuts here were hoping the captain would be killed in order to prove their point, he was rescued and the U.S. has shown these thugs that they cannot intimidate the United States.
Good job Mr. President, Go Navy!! Hurray for the Captain and his family. What a wonderful Easter gift.

Tabtwo
Let’s call them by their real name
This was “FOUR THUGS ON A BOAT”
When someone mention the word “terrorist” or as dubya says “terrst” the right get all in a hissy fit and start clamoring.

For those of you that thought it took to long to react. You’re probably still thrilled that we are still in Iraq 6 years later because there was no planning.

look at how the lefty socialist pigs are trying to spin this as if Obama had the guts or balls to order this…WE FORCED THAT piece of crap, “I’m sorry for being an American” president to act or be impeached… OBama did what he had to do to save his skin..let the real Americans take control of the situation, otherwise the capt would be held for 447 days more. Obama was following orders from someone with more experience….These Brave Military people are TIRED of the “por” (pelosi, obama, reid), apologising to the world for being an american.. WE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS AND TODAY WE PROVED IT AGAIN.No thanks to the lefties who are all talk and want to coddle the terrorist……

This could have been resolved days ago by a decisive President.
Posted by: NortonPete | Apr 12, 2009 3:55:53 PM
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One shouldn’t confuse carefulness with indecisiveness.
This could easily have become a disaster for the Captain, his family and the country if we had a hot-headed President. (See what happened with the French hostages.) Rash decisions are the worst thing one can do in hostage situations.

Someone said, ”
YAY! I wonder why they messed with a US ship to begin with? but me thinks their booty days are numbered.this has been going on for 2 long without penalty,till now.
The unstable goverment is the problem,the UN needs to help them fix it.The pirates are treated as hero’s because they go home rich and spend it,boosting the economy.”
If the radio was correct, I heard the other day that the only other country that has refused to tolerate piracy and has attacked the pirates taking their ships and crews back has been the FRENCH!! Can you believe it? Those ‘Freedom Fries?’ NO, can’t be!! That shatters all my beliefs about the French which I swallowed from whole cloth when sewn up by the wingnuts several years ago!! Go figure! We YOU one of them? Can’t be!!

Posted by: fivepin | Apr 12, 2009 7:04:11 PM
AWESOME POST

I always wondered why there was no U.S. response when the captain jumped in the water the first time. I felt the sorrow he must have experienced when there was no one there for him. Now I find out it was because Obama was to busy finding a new dog to be focused on the situation. I’m happy for the outcome but angry at the president for another boneheaded response.

This was so overblown, you would think was 9/11. Now we can start with the dog.

Maybe this will show other pirates we mean business…wish they could have been taken out days ago. There is no negotiating with people like this–after all they hijacked a humanitarian ship!

I think George W. Bush was the worst president in history UNTIL Barack Obama came along. Wow, less than 100 days in office and it’s just one mistake after another.

A dose on nonsense, you sound angry, let it blow.

A dose on nonsense, you sound angry, let it blow.
Posted by: omentum | Apr 12, 2009 7:31:19 PM
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“A dose on nonsense”… LOL funny. I guess you were referring to me. That’s okay. I won’t insult you. You deserve better. Too bad you don’t feel the same about me.

I am curious to know how the captain feels about having to wait a couple extra days for Obama to get this whole dog thingy out of the way before he could be rescued.

I am glad the captain is safe. For a moment, I thought Mr. Obama will give another speech blaming America for piracy activities. Mr. Bush’s imprint is all over this successful operation. Just like Mr. Obama cannot take discredit yet for the economy, he cannot take credit thus far for the military leadership of Mr. Bush 2.

Barry did nothing but answer the phone and say yes. If it wasn’t for the pentagon, this would not have happened.
Posted by: mike | Apr 12, 2009 7:39:34 PM
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No kidding. Why do we even have a CIC?

How fitting on Easter that Obama would be trying to take the focus off of Jesus. That explains a lot!

now, has everyone taken a nice deep breath, guys we are all Americans, we have the American right to have our own beliefs, values. respect for all is what it is about. You can’t force your beliefs on someone else. but in a respectful manner can’t we all just get along?

Not trying to defend the left Tabtwo but having a dangerous position for the sake of having a position is not a good thing.

dont you know? the left only want to kill unborn babies and if a baby survies a botched abortion they still want to murder it. so i guess if the pirates had been pregnant they would have swarmed allover them to abort the babies

Posted by: rightwing | Apr 12, 2009 8:11:52 PM
What? Who said anything about abortion?

What should happen to the surviving pirate if he’s under 18 years of age?

I totally see where you are coming from Tabtwo. The left are overly excited (but most seem to be giving a lot of the credit to the Navy), however there are some on the right who are coming across as wishing this had failed so that Obama or the left would look bad. Just like a lot on the left didn’t care about any of Bush’s accomplishments, only his missteps.

Manny, Manny, Manny,
The Democrats wanted to make Bush look bad at every opportunity even when they knew he was right. It’s easily proven now since Obama is doing some of the same things Bush did yet he gets praised for it. One example is the Iraq War funding. Bush got raked over the coals for “continuing the war” whereas Obama is asking for money the same way and leaving troops in till the end of 2011.
I wasn’t a Bush supporter nor am I an Obama supporter but the partisan hacks and MSM have started this internal battle and it’s not going to end anytime soon.

Please do not distort the story. The request for authorization came to the Pres on Frid and he approved it. He never spoke publicly about it, so he wasn’t trying to hype it up any more than he had. The first escape attempt was in the night, and the captain could have been killed. The Navy did the right thing, and the outcome reflected that. No way to spin it. France should have been so lucky. The pirates seemed confused by how the process went, I think they believed that they were going to be attacked and tried to get their reinforcments. The Navy took a different approach, and the Capt actually went to relieve himself when the snipers killed the pirates. The outcome is what is important and the family of Captain Phillips is grateful for the patience the execution took.

Glad the Captain is safe and kudos to our servicemen. Wish the pirates had surrendered or been taken alive as I think they are pawns in the game, but ultimately they brought this on themselves.
Can’t help but think this isn’t the last episode we’ll see. My guess is that an enterprising (terrorist) group may attack a US flagged ship and blow it up/kill the crew for revenge. So, time to start planning for the response when that happens. I think disproportionate and overwhelming action will happen at that time, but I’m not sure that is the ultimate solution to these 21st century fisherman turned pirates. I think the US has a problem of ignoring these small groups (e.g. Al Qaeda) until they become big problems – I think we need to start thinking of these pirates as the next serious threat to our interests.

let us remember Carter would have been a hero to if our crappy american built military equipment could stand a little sand in the engine. Our big business failed us under Carter not Carter

In the United States military Special Forces only refer to the US Army “Green Berets”; SEALs along with about 2 dozen other units within the US military fall under (generally) the Special Operations Forces Command. Other nations has special forces units but within the structure of the US military special forces always mean US Army Special Forces (the “Green Berets”).

NEWS FLASH
The President didn’t need to authorize the action to end a piracy incident, unless of course, he had previously issued orders that pirates not be attacked.

We have a wonderful President. President Obama is going to restore America’s greatness, both home and abroad… Mr. President, so far you’ve done an awasome job, Thank you!

I Want A Man with a Slow, Firm and Steady Hand. ……Happy Easter to Phillips and his Family, we have an ‘awesome’ force under a true Leader.
No need to talk loud, get in a ‘tizzy’…tell ‘em what you want, if no go, them “take em out”. Don’t have to be Loud and “Cowboy”, just did the ‘damn thang”

It is so “sick” of the neocons to have wished death of a fellow American, just so they would have ‘an excuse’ to badger our Commander in Chief with ” hyped up stupidity”. And for your information, the Navy receives the commands from the Commander in Chief. That is President Baract Obama.

GOPers, Hillerers, NEWTers, Haters:
Shut up !!!
Soon enough you will have Captain Philip interviewed by all media, and discover why it was not safer to go after pirates then. Obvious enough !! a pirate was in water after Captain, struggling to overpower him, this pirate was enough to execute, as soon as others were to be killed. It was the Captain’s life in danger, not of GOPers, Hillerers, and NEWTers.
So just shut up and quitely follow your leader, whose quite demeanor will win many crisis such as this.

By tomorrow this will be old news and the new story will be about Abo. Wait, not Bo (Obama’s new dog) Abo (Obama’s child predator brother). Life is good.

I wonder if the Somali pirates are enjoying their trip to paradise to visit their virgins; or, if watching a man p.p. over the side of a life boat disqualifies them?

A policy should have been in place 2 years ago, when Somalians fired on the Navy….no one talked about that.

This morning I received an email from a friend in Alaska. He said he voted for McCain, but after Obama’s bridge repairing in Europe, and the way he handled the pirate incident, he wondered how McCain would have handled things? I’m so proud that President Obama is leading America down the road to recovery and picking up support on both sides of the pond along the way.

All I will say about this is, damned if you do damned if you don’t. Most of the Obama haters are out in full force, not able to give credit where credit is due. But I have seen a couple who say even though Obama isn’t their man, he still deserves credit. So to those true Americans….I say GOD bless you.
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Hey Jane, I guess my question would be:Who cares? Is Obama implicated somehow? Does it affect his ability to run the Country??

I was going to make another comment, but it isn’t needed. Now that President Obama has demonstrated common sense and true leadership, there isn’t much more to say, (UNLESS YOUR A SPINSTER).

Kudos to the commander-in-chief and the special force for a job well-done. These idiots have learned a deadly lesson: that’s not to wake-up a sleeping giant. OOP, it sounds like Yamamoto.

If Obama had done what neocons and Newt suggesed and sabre-rattled, the pirates would not have been caught off gaurd. One of them would not have been away negotiating. If he and the military had not waited for them to weaken and allowed time for a window with their guards down, an attack might not have been so sucessful. If he and the military had not patiently put the fire power in place in the form of ships and marines, an attack would not have been possible. And giving the final go-ahead after listening to the military plan. Simply stuff a CIF should be made of. But folks wont stop, he’s too slow, he didnt issue statements, he micromanaged, he gave his statement from a teleprompter instead of traditional paper notes, whine, whine

Maybe Carter and Iran talk will cease except for the group that used to wear their faux patiorism on their sleeves which was acctually a placeholder for their desire for self-importance and regard as lovers of country but only loving themselves and wanting their way and opinions to rule the country.

Obama deserves no credit for this. The whimp did nothing – all the credit lies with the Navy Seals.
Posted by: Brian | Apr 12, 2009 10:31:14 PM
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Hey Brain ,err Brian , you happen to read the title of this article? Ever hear of a river in Egypt called …?
Republican vitriol hate/envy and pettiness towards this decent man and the clearly majority mandated Democratic agenda he represents are abominable , disgusting and much too common , just like most Republicans themselves.

When President Obama says “mission accomplished” we bring home the captain safely. When Bush said “mission accomplished” we brought home over 4,000 dead.

” Too bad this news flash couldn’t have been announced when they made the decision, if that even took place.”
-Fran
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News flash. Somali pirates. Obama has ordered force be used against you when possible. Lets get the aptain killed so Fran can finally be happy with her country’s president is doing his job publicly to her satisfaction.

I am a former Republican who is now rooting for Obama. He has demonstrated true leadership in a very short time. I am proud of how he handled this crisis. All Americans need to unite behind our President.

NortonPete
Are you blinded by reason or just to stupid to understand?

Congratulations to the American people.
We finally had the courage to elect a man smart enough to not only let the professionals do there job, but has the balls to do what is right in a very risky situation.
With disregard to potential blow back if this went wrong, our President made the right decision and for the right reasons.

It is amazing how this can become a political football for idiots! There are plenty of hostages left who would like to see some action. I would rather risk death than to languash forever forgotten like the hundreds still being held. Enough of the partners crap. We dont need any partners. Just like always, we do it ourselves! Way to go USA Military!

Finally a REAL leader.
Says nothing much ,no fanfare or trumpets or fighter jets getting scrambled for the ubiquitous self serving press shots, he just quietly and effectively gets the job done . Like we pay him to do . Finally , a real leader.
Kudos Mr. Obama and all the rest of the military ,thanks for all you do!! We love you !!

ITS ABOUT TIME THE NAVY SEALS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. ITS TIME FOR THE PIRATES TO KNOW THEY WILL BE DEALT WITH ! THEY ARE THE SAME COWARDS AS TERRORISTS .THE NAVY SEALS KICK ASS AND TAKE NAMES . THE PIRATES ARE WEAK TERRORISTS WHO PREY ON THE INNOCENT SHIPS . IT IS TIME TO SHOW THEM THE UNITED STATED WILL NOT ACCEPT THE COWARDS COLD HEARTED RESPECT FOR LIFE OOOOOOOOOOORAHHHHHHHHHHH!MY HAT IS OFF TO THE PRESIDENT IT SEEMS LIKE HIS BALLS ARE WAY BIGGER THAN BUSH. ALSO I AM SURE THE NEW PRESIDENT IS NOT PROTECTING BIN LADIN.

I wouldn’t bet on that MJ if I were you.
8 years for Mr Obama will be most likely . I mean ,have you honestly looked at the public approval poll numbers for Republicans lately? They don’t get any lower ,lowest in history…Just google if you don’t believe me.
FACT: This economy is improving and will probably continue to improve (no matter how bad Republicans cheerleaders/naysayers hope and pray for it not to) and then who is going to get credit for that improvement? Not Republicans ,who have a record of 0 support for anything Mr. Obama has proposed so far.
Basically ,in a nutshell, you are dreaming MJ . If I was you ,I would get ready for lots more liberals in government , including liberal federal judges and likely at least one liberal leaning supreme court justice as well.
;)
And don’t forget about Hillary and her “Girl Power” campaign that will follow Mr. Obama , I predict Hillary will roll right over anyone the Republicans might nominate ,ESPECIALLY some bubble-headed idiot like Sarah Palin.
Another note to Republicans/whom it may concern : I also wouldn’t be thinking to hide money overseas anymore either , I hear that has backfired for a few rich folks lately…
CHANGE I CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

TY prez O for being a REAL LEADER !!
YOU KEEP MAKING US PROUD SIR!!
Huuuuuuuurahhhhhhh!

Tea Party = Republican Whine-in
LOL!!

I support the president decission. Its good to see citizens mattering to those in office. I commend the work and effort our commander in chief has committed to. He is showing the world that we(American’s) are not afraid to evaluate ourselves and make adjustments for the good of people.
This is a difficult road, however, starting the road sooner than latter will translate into $$$$$ sooner than later.
What was that Old saying,” a day late and a dollar short?”
maybe there’s something to this.

You just know the GOP losers were hoping this wouldn’t work out so they could try to pin it on the President, but once again Obama shows that he is cool under pressure. This is what it’s like to have a true leader as President.
The GOP is now 100% irrelevant.

Let’s be logical and clear here: you do realize that there is NOTHING in the O’s history and expereince that will instill any confidence whatsoever that he would have the tactical or logistical expertise to handle a situation like this. so to make the assertion that he did anything heroic here is absurd and ridiculous.
All he did was sign on the dotted line, which is required of the President, as per protocol. Any monkey sitting in the oval office could have fulfilled that role. All he can take credit for is staying out of the way. If he or the whitehouse take credit for this, it is an insult to the bravery of our military.
the heroes here are the Navy seals, and the Captain himself. God bless them.

Not only is it AWESOME that the SEAL Team took out those Somalian Pirates, it is AWSOME that the POTUS did not bow down to the pirates ransom requests. The piracy issue in Somalia needs to be dealt with swiftly and mercilessly. Force of Action is the best policy. All nations who ship in these affected shipping lanes should flood the area with anti piracy vessels packed with special units to intecept pirates and remove them from the threat spectrum, permanently. I would even approve of loading up a few strategically placed “freighters” full of explosives and remote operate them into the troubled waters. When the skinny pirates come for the boat make a set of artificial reefs to commemorate their stupidity. If they want to act like pirates, they should learn all about Davy Jones’ Locker, Through high explosives and Firepower. WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS!

“All he did was sign on the dotted line, which is required of the President, as per protocol. Any monkey sitting in the oval office could have fulfilled that role. All he can take credit for is staying out of the way. If he or the whitehouse take credit for this, it is an insult to the bravery of our military.”
Your post is an insult to the bravery of our military. Obama gave them the go ahead and TRUST to use force, as necessary. He listened and trusted his Commanders and had faith in his Soldiers in the field.
Obama remaining quiet about the situation was also a tactical move. It does not mean he was not on top of the situation as he received briefings several times a day.

Wow, Liberalism really is a mental disorder, and it’s on full display here. It’s amazing how darn near every poster here is in a utter state of delusion.
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WHY?

george – NY Times has an article on the situation. Sounds like the SEALS arrived sometime over the weekend after the war ships arrived.
“Meanwhile, members of the Navy Seals were flown in by fixed-wing aircraft. They parachuted into the sea with inflatable boats and were picked up by the Bainbridge. “

Doubt all you like sonny.
Not all “jar-heads” are stupid , I am a NCO Naval Attache to the J.A.G. , as if I need to explain myself to you (which I certainly do not).
Just because you listen to and apparently wolf down the daily dose of neocon drivel your brainwashed C/O dishes out on your podunk base doesn’t mean I have to or do.

http://www.blackfive.net/

It’s distressing – and saddening – to read through all of the posts here. Many of them leave you feeling like you’ve had to slog through a cesspool created, filled up, and played in by a number of unhelped cognitively challenged and unfortunate people.
It becomes increasingly clear that November 4, 2008, was a kind of national intelligence test which, fortunately even for those who failed it, the nation as a whole passed.

Soooo….I’m just wondering how long it takes highly trained military personal to draw up a plan to overtake 4 (four) armed persons. I’m guessing not very long. They weren’t planning a full scale invasion here! While it seems like the “video game” answer, I’m sure 4 sharp shooters could have been easily placed on deck with radio contact to each. Once a solution is obtained they fire simultaneously. Sounds like political bs holding up the real solution. Oh can’t forget the movie deal bonus out of it for someone. I wonder if they were in shouting distance? “Help me!” “We can’t, we’re waiting for approval to rescue you!” It would be interesting to read why the Navy wasn’t ready to act when he jumped over…more like Osami was still putting on powder so he could take credit IF things turned out well. Congratulations to the Navy and Capt. for they are braver and smarter than those in Washington.

happy to see that obama gets the credit on this one, and i’m sure he will take it. just wish he would take credit for bowing to the king instead of lying to us about that.

“Not all “jar-heads” are stupid , I am a NCO Naval Attache to the J.A.G. , as if I need to explain myself to you (which I certainly do not).”
Just a question there, Sergeant. Why you put periods in JAG and not in NCO? why would you say, “a NCO Naval Attache” and not, “an NCO Naval Attache (if such a billet exists, which stretches credulity)”? And why in the world would a Marine Sergeant be a “Naval Attache” to the JAG, seeing as how the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy? Why would you put quotation marks around jarhead, and why would you hyphenate it?
“Just because you listen to and apparently wolf down the daily dose of neocon drivel your brainwashed C/O dishes out on your podunk base doesn’t mean I have to or do.”
??? Not many Commanding Officers regale their troops with political anything, much less “neocon drivel”. Unless of course you happen to serve in a different Matine Corps than the one I served in, Sergeant.
AFADBD 14JUL1998 EAS 13JUL2003. MOS 2822. Attended Recruit Training at MCRD San Diego; MCT at Camp Pendleton; MOS Training at MCCES on MCAGCC 29 Palms.
Surely you wouldn’t mind posting up your creds?
Posted by: Marine Sgt.@ Quantico

How stupid is ABC? Special Forces were NOT involved in the rescue. All credit due should be given to the Navy Seals, Marines and sailors, NOT Ozero. Print the truth, ABC, instead of your bullsh!t lies.

Now all we have to do is line up a few CEOs from the banks, hedge funds, and theiur congressional cronies

The anti=americans are out in force this morning…….hating that the Capt. was rescued. Now, that is the GOP mantle….failure.

To: George Stephanopoulos
Seneca’s point (below) is well taken. The level of ‘stupid’ shown in posts here & elsewhere is of grave concern to many Americans & should be the topic of discussion on news shows such as yours. Not whether FACTS are available, but whether facts are even relevant to such people. Now its time to move on.
Seneca: “It’s distressing – and saddening – to read through all of the posts here. Many of them leave you feeling like you’ve had to slog through a cesspool created, filled up, and played in by a number of unhelped cognitively challenged and unfortunate people. It becomes increasingly clear that November 4, 2008, was a kind of national intelligence test which, fortunately even for those who failed it, the nation as a whole passed.”

Thank you, Commander in Chief Obama … and more importantly our military.
GOP: “We want failure.”
Hey, Right wingers, you ain’t going to get it.

Am a somali myself who lives in uk and also a massive obama supporter. i have to agree it’s been a fantastic week for the obama adminstration and the world over.HAPPY EASTER MR president along with your family
rush limbaugh, john bolton, david nivkin
eat your heart out!!!!!!!

since BHO and his mindless followers have no common sense…..SEALS are the Navy’s Special Forces…..why would an Army unit be on a ship????? I guess you would have no idea, just like your president, no idea of what the military does.

Maybe Admiral Mullen or Secretary Gates ought to run for president due to their expert handling of this incident. Obama had better cling real close to these guys if he wants to survive his first term. Congratulations too to a steady hand on the helm, and steady hands on those triggers. GO NAVY.

Hey Texas for Obama…I am an x-republican also who voted for Obama. It is great to have someone who can speak with intelligence and bring back the respect we once had. I say the same: Go Obama and pay no attention to the negativity of the republican party. Negativity only brings more negativity and they will realize that soon.

This probably will result in us having to send more troops into Somalia. Then what will all the “end war now” folks say?

So, what will the president’s and CEO’s of the shipping lines, the maritime lawyers, the maritime insurance carriers, and the UN treaty against guns at sea have to say about finally re-arming our merchant fleet and our brave merchant mariners? They are already trained in how to repel boarders and use deadly force. Arm them. Arm them now.

Way to go Obama. 3 a.m. phone call. Good response only took 2 days to answer it. After Gates suggested it. Only took him two days to find Obama’s hiding place. Then Obama, still shaking from North Korea crawled out and whispered to Gates “go ahead and shoot”.
Posted by: Old Mo | Apr 13, 2009 11:07:36 AM
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LOL!
You republicans are just nuts ,plain and simple. Thankfully , you are now nuts who have no meaningful significance in american politics.
You used to be scary ,like Darth Vader ,but now you are more like the old guy who rakes/mows his yard and yells at the neighborhoods kids …too funny!
Watch out for squirrels! lol!

CONGRATS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND MILITARY UNITS , THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS HOSTAGE OPERATION AND THOSE SERVING EVERYWHERE AND THE VETERANS ,BOTH LIVING AND DECEASED AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY THE VETERANS!!THANKS!! YOU’RE THE GREATEST !!
GOOD JOB ALL!!!

What I like most about Obama is that he didn’t put on a flight suit, have a Navy pilot fly him onto the deck of a carrier, and declare “Mission Accomplished”. President Obama, thank you for not behaving like a Republican jerk. I’m looking forward to supporting you again in 2012!

Wasn’t this the same guy who wrote about President Obama’s divise last week about not doing anything, not being invovled and all….I don’t hear anyone screaming that today…..DID I MISS SOMETHING?
Need a towel to wipe off all tht egg on your face?…I heard tht Limp was disappointed this moring….and tht is sic if u desire the life of someone just to try to prove your own MANHOOD!!!
I AM PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT!!..quiet power always trumps insincere rage!
BUZZARDSKORNER

reaganfan:
you could have kept those comments to yourself….
It’s amazing how you criticize Obama for doing something you agree with…..i

facts are not revelant…just ask Cindy Sheehan…enjoy we do not need to have “hope” or wish for “change”, I hope our president fails and I hope we get to impeach him so we get some real change. Just because someone wins an election does not means he owns people. All BHO dod was win an election. If you support him…be happy, if not…give em hell…its your right as an american citizen. So for all you BHO supporters…I had to listen to your…I hope Bush fails…..so enjoy, many people wish your president fails….
Posted by: beau | Apr 13, 2009 11:19:08 AM
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Hateful illogical and petty. Common too ,like most Republicans .
Republicanism 101 evidently requires one to flip the overwhelming majority of their working brain cells to “off” position.
…sigh…

Obama bows to a Muslim king.
Four punk Muslim pirates take over an American ship and hold the Navy at bay while the president waits 5 days for a peaceful resolution.
Makes sense to me.

WSLS Webguy: EXACTLY! Try to educated Bailey on this point.

I masturbate into the Obama family’s food.

You go Mr President, good job.

George you wuss, why don’t you do your job and start reporting the news instead of propaganda for Obama. It turns out that Obama did not give an order to rescue the captain…A naval officer gave the order to save the captain after the White House and Obama refused to respond to repeated requests to save the captain as per pajamas.

Well done, president Obama.
See, unlike deranged, delusional, dimwitted liberals, whom wouldn’t give Bush kudos for anything, we applaud the president for a policy/decision properly executed.

Please stop with all the insane congratulations to Obama. He didn’t do anything, it was the Navy Seals and the captain of the ship who pulled it off. To bad it took Obama and company 4 days to make sure it was all politically correct. Now he can go back to his photos with the dog.

Well done, president Obama.
See, unlike deranged, delusional, dimwitted liberals, whom wouldn’t give Bush kudos for anything, we applaud the president for a policy/decision properly executed.
Posted by: James C | Apr 13, 2009 5:33:27 PM
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“We” ? You got a mouse in your shirt pocket or something? Read the rest of the Republican Troll Postings and tell me truthfully if you really see 1 other post by a Republican (one who did not vote for Obama that is ) praising him or his actions.

Wow you repub’s get more and more pathetic by the day. I suspect it is due to the fact that the repub’s that have any intelligence have learned to shut their mouths and not associate with the rest of you nutjobs.
Obama should have Acted SOONER!!!! You know the ship was not there yet you dumbarse.
The Navy had a plan to save the captain. The ship arrived. They got authorization to use lethal force (Obama’s job). It was granted. They waited, then acted. The captain is freed. Reads like a flawless scenario to me.
But But but… The bible tells me FOOZEBALL is the devil! Seriously… make your children study in school so they don’t end up as stooooopid as the rest of you repubs… hell just don’t pollute the gene pool.

Well done Obama, I had my doubts but this is a good sign and one we have been needing for awhile…..
Many,Many thanks to the Navy and the Seals, outstanding.
Watch your back now, the Pirates have vowed Revenge!
Let me see now….Pirates with AK-47′s against a U.S Navy Destroyer….mmmmm ..sounds like stupidty instead of Revenge.

Crazy negative people. Come on, this was not a political win it was the sharp shooters that won and the good Captain hanging tough.
Good job to all.

All week my President’s integrity has been questioned on this episode. Today I’m smiling and proudly saying; “that’s my President, that’s the man I voted for.”

gman, tabtwo must think Mcclain is the president.

this is what i can’t stand about libt*rds like snuffalufagus or stephanopolis or whatever his name is… he can’t freakin tell the difference between seals and special forces. he doesn’t understand that special forces and special operations forces are not interchangeable. special forces = army. seals = navy. my guess is that the seals pulling this off were from DevGru (former seal six). The Halo’d into the open ocean, at night (uber dangerous). were picked up by boat, and then set up on the fan tail to tack these bastards out. and now snuffalufagus writes this article to try to give ‘bama credit for bush’s navy. did you know bama has cut reenlistment bonuses 3 times in the 3 months he’s been in power? yeah… he has.. don’t be fooled. these guys are not friends of the military. they didn’t even know to ask relevant questions during the press conference!

tewkewl…..Hehe. You are so Dumb. “Bush’s Navy?” Went did that dummie create a Navy? Cut Veterans and reenlistment bonuses…President Obama raised them…Bush didn’t give them shi!, but the command to print, “Mission Accomplished”. Are you on Crack too?

The navy for those that don’t know made several requests to take out the pirates only to have both Obama and the White house ignore them requests even after on Saturday the pirates took up shooting at the Navy ships. And unlike propagandists of Obama are trying to claim, Obama never ever gave an order to rescue the Captain. He only gave them the go ahead to stop the terrorists if they tried to killed the captain in their view. One Naval officer stretched this order and thusly jeopardized his career to try to use the Captains 2nd attempt to escape the pirates as a reason to kill the pirates and save the Captain.

Hail Hitler is now over it’s now Hail Obama, now that some thing new that we all can now see is it a bad thing or is it a good thing, is it jews this time or is it the gays, are we all going 2 die or will we make it. I do not get why you all do not see this is the 2009. If you think that i need 2 relook at it all then give me a look up at reblliouscowboy1@yahoo.com, good day and night.

Well, you’ve got another one…a gop, that is… but let me explain something; I go with what I know, and I am both (dem, too) when it comes to voting, as I only want the right man (or woman) in there for the job. I will say outright, either way, I stand behind any current president from day one as such until they may or may not do the things I like to see done. The blogs disgust me in their political nature. Seneca and a few others (there is countless) I agree with. It is disheartening and disconcerting to see so much mentioned with such fierceness either for or against our leadership. I would have stood behind ANY presidential order to find this brave captain’s safety, and I’m glad as hell for ANY president that this worked out as good as it did. Yet, people want to find the time to attack! I’ll choose not to applaud anyone other than the captain himself, and the decisive action taken by the U.S. Navy, for it will just bring a whole other response about dogs, housing, Cheney, Biden, movie makings, or intense (and I find,)misspelled and poorly grafted English on the whole as to right or left policy making. I laugh so much to see someone making a negative argument and even with spell-check can not even speak intelligently. I guess maybe I am old fashioned, but not old. Just the way I was raised… But back to my point; ( I know, I get carried away)Guy is safe, Op went EXCELLENT and President, whether you like hime or not, DOES have a life as well; do YOU work 24/7? I am ashamed of gop’s that would use this for any attack as IT is what weakens our country, not our leader. The same could be said for BUSH.

George: layoff the Obama the hero stuff. You are trying to make up something out of whole cloth. The fact is that Obama hemmed and hawed and for him to take credit for this is not appropriate. The real heros here is the crew that fought back, and the captain who led the fight…

Great job Messiah. You told the Military to use force if the Commanders life was in danger.
Oh hail Obama and his telepromtper for doing the obvious.
Its too funny how this event fot so much attention. Must be becasue the world was waiting to see if Obama blamed the americans for being caught. This guy is so spinless that people were doubting if he would do anything. Now North Korea is starting their Nuclear progam again, and Iran is laughing at us because of our new weak administration.
Hopefully we survive the next 4 years with a spinless leader!

Someone want to comment on why from Friday to Sunday, that Obama was ignoring the Navy completely not even responding to their pleas to save the Captain or to return fire when the pirates were firing at the Navy? Hmmmm? Sounds like the Naval officer figured out that Obama at best was completely useless and decided to take matters in his own hands.

Does this mean that we need the President’s approval to execute the plan every time there is a situation where an US Citizen in in danger? Just asking?

Roberto if it involves the military yes, it is called the chain of command.

President Obama can do no wrong for the next 8 years, and I will vote for him any day of the week and twice on Sunday. He(Obama) has done more is 13 weeks than Bush and Cheney did in 8 years, what a waste of time. I will always vote Democrat for the rest of my life. The more Republican open their mouths the more the foot goes in. Nothing but sore losers, whiners and annoying people.

reaganfan maybe you should fall on your sword for the Republicans like Oli did for Reagan. Obama will have two terms, because he does the job, he does not out source like the Republicans have done the last 8 year. Wonder why thier are no Jobs in the USA, check over seas. Call for customer service and you are routed to India. We have a real person in the White house now not a Puppet on a string with Cheney pulling the strings. Bush was just a mouthpiece Cheney ran the show.

80% of you need to GET A LIFE!
The other 20% need to LET IT GO and move on. Just be grateful that the Navy succeeded in it’s mission and the Captain is back with us. Punto, fini, se acabo, that’s it, THE END.

THIS IS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DO…..
Right-wing extremists in the United States are gaining new recruits by exploiting fears about the economy and the election of the first black U.S. president, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a report to law enforcement officials.
The April 7 report, which Reuters and other news media obtained on Tuesday, said such fears were driving a resurgence in “recruitment and radicalization activity” by white supremacist groups, antigovernment extremists and militia movements. It did not identify any by name.

Patriotism is dead, commercialism is alive. Freedom of speech has run rampant; and at the cost of many, many Americans; whom never spoke as we do! Freedom isn’t Free! People-you know (or maybe you don’t know-uhhhhh) who you are, PLEASE… unite and stop all the blahblahblogging, especially considering the nature of this miracle. You probably all went after the pilot of the Hudson miracle with the same partisan and political nature when it had little or nothing to do with it. So sad…

THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DO…..
“The April 7 report, which Reuters and other news media obtained on Tuesday, said such fears were driving a resurgence in “recruitment and radicalization activity” by white supremacist groups, antigovernment extremists and militia movements. It did not identify any by name.”
The Obama brownshirts start rounding up the opposition.

Presgov…simply put , you are a simpleton of a moron.
Sorry ,but it’s just too obvious to ignore.
Btw, you and your mentally challenged opinion don’t matter because we liberals are in charge now. That’s the facts bub so wake up and smell the coffee.
Rant all you like ,here or at some sissified “tea party” the end result will still be the same.
We will be in complete charge for awhile (probably 8 or more years ) ,we liberals that is ,and you and during that time the Republican party at large , will be ridiculed and mostly ignored ,at least until they start acting like adults with some real workable alternatives.
You said : “Again, the facts from the interviews …”
What “facts”? What “interview”?
I dare you to post ANY interview where ANYONE says that ,or anything like it .
So now you are an out and out liar too,evidently . Par for the course seeing you are obviously a rabid Republican .

They’ve gotten use to what happened by now, but I still remember how utterly perplexed the rich, white, (isolated in rich neighborhood) east coast media liberals were the morning after the pirates were killed._______ Anyone who thought that a respectable AA man would just roll-over, has not lived around very many of them.

just want so say some thing “great job”
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Interesting everyone praises the use of force against pirates, and says “it is a language they understand” yet when it is used against terrorists liberals b*tch about it. don’t try to say it wasn’t a war on terror it was a war for oil, if it was for oil then why the hell are we still buying oil, we control oil wells over there, if it was oil we would have just taken it as payment.
I will Grant that, even though it took way longer then it should have, he did finally do the right thing.
what i don’t understand is why we are putting up with this crap, in WW2 we had small carriers to protect merchant convoys, a small group of carrier based f-16′s can do a great deal against small un-armored boats. except that Obama is unwilling to do what actually needs done if it involves “war” because war doesn’t solve anything except: genocide, Nazism, Communism, oppression, slavery(oh ya Obama you would be a slave without the people you just labeled right wing activists fighting for your freedom in the civil war.
and just as a side note, anyone else notice that Obama is underlined in red still when you type it, just kinda funny.