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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> 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:294827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
