Nor does he seem to grasp that it's a covered lifeboat and the pirates closed all the ports. You can't shoot them, if you can't see them. But you know, I frankly have no doubt that if the Navy did exactly what BigGuy wanted and the hostage got killed in the process (which happens), BigGuy would come on here blaming Obama for the reckless use of military power.
where exactly was Obama in these critical few seconds when a decision was needed? Allowing for the movement of the boats, and the distance, and the fact that it was night, what would these sharpshooters have had a clear aim at?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg"]YouTube - Hillary Clinton Ad - 3 AM White House Ringing Phone[/ame]
OT, but cool fact... the longest confirmed sniper kill is over 1.5 mile and the record belongs to a Canuck.
Well, except for when he sent 4000+ of them to die in a stupid pointless war he started in order to act out some bizarre Oedipal drama.
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ITN, sorry to ruin your Easter. The bU.S.h SEALS did their job http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates/index.html Damn, Easter is such a good time for quick strike operations. Who could forget this brave mission, led by a great Democrat President who was such a man, he never needed to dress up in a flight suit.
The only thing I learned in this thread is level of ability of some posters to analyze the performance of their government.
Hey, slowpoke -- the premise of this thread was the unfounded, indeed idiotic, idea that the White House was too cowardly to authorize force. Again pointing out that unfoundedness and idiocy has nothing whatsoever to do with who to "credit" for the operation. It has to do with "crediting" stupidity where such credit is due. Do I need to credit you with stupidity too?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_re_af/piracy_225 So Obama's not a **********. Sounds like the OP should STFU.
So did he do internal polling over the Friday/Saturday period to determine if "force" was politically expedient or just act unilaterally?
Two of those views aren't bad if you're thinking of running a totalitarian regime that lets you sleep with 17 year olds