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email | 4/9/09 | American Dream 246

Posted on 04/09/2009 2:05:48 PM PDT by American Dream 246

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1 posted on 04/09/2009 2:05:48 PM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246

I don’t get it either. Seems like two snipers on the destroyer could solve the pirate problem.


2 posted on 04/09/2009 2:09:35 PM PDT by JamesP81 (When Obama signed an order providing tax dollars to murder children, he stopped being my president)
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To: American Dream 246

Might have something to do with our, ummm, leadership.


3 posted on 04/09/2009 2:09:57 PM PDT by wolfcreek (There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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To: American Dream 246

What authority does the FBI hold in international waters off the coast of Somalia?


4 posted on 04/09/2009 2:10:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
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To: JamesP81

Thank you !!! I am glad to see that I am not the only one.


5 posted on 04/09/2009 2:10:44 PM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246
Ya gotta understand the way federal agencies work.

The more inefficient and ineffective you are, the bigger your budget gets and the more people you get to hire and command.

Any more questions?

6 posted on 04/09/2009 2:11:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Only after disaster can we be resurrected." -- Tyler Durden)
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To: JamesP81

That was my first thought.


7 posted on 04/09/2009 2:11:47 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: American Dream 246

Everybody was told to stand down until Hillary and the FBI shows up, they don’t want a solution to the problem before they can make it worse.


8 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:06 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: American Dream 246

When this happened before, good old Gerald Ford sent in the Marines and a handful ended the situation quickly and those pirates never took another hostage in their very brief lives.


9 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:12 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: a fool in paradise

I was wondering the same thing. I thought a good “negotiation” tool would be to assassinate the pirates and kill his crew. Of course, this regime is worse than Carter’s, so who knows what the Messiah will do next.


10 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:12 PM PDT by chilepup
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To: wolfcreek

Yup. You’ve got to have the go-ahead take action, and with Hillary laughing about the whole pirate thing I don’t see our Secretary of State working hard to push a fast response.


11 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:31 PM PDT by faloi
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Here is what Der Hillary has to say about it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii_c3B5AasI

12 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:34 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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Let them float around for a few days to get good and tired and then have a few SEAL’s swim up to the boat late in the night.


13 posted on 04/09/2009 2:12:55 PM PDT by fso301
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To: American Dream 246

I still think we should have some NRA Fun Cruises in the area.


14 posted on 04/09/2009 2:13:21 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: American Dream 246

A close up from the new Ombamellite orbiting in space.

15 posted on 04/09/2009 2:14:50 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I'm so anti-pc, I use a Mac)
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To: wolfcreek

The teleprompter is in for repair so there is no one to tell dear leader how to react.


16 posted on 04/09/2009 2:15:03 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: American Dream 246

Does the Ship Captain with the gun to his head have a family?

They may be appreciating a degree of diplomacy.


17 posted on 04/09/2009 2:16:19 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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re: stand down until Hillary and the FBI shows up

It's difficult to take full advantage of a crisis if you aren't there. A careless mis-step by the FBI or the navy could end up wasting this crisis very quickly.

18 posted on 04/09/2009 2:19:46 PM PDT by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: a fool in paradise

I was wondering how the FBI plays into this myself. Isn’t that the CIA’s territory? Or Interpol or someone like that?


19 posted on 04/09/2009 2:20:44 PM PDT by auntyfemenist (Fetch the royal iPod..)
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To: mnehring

Next time they won’t let TOTUS fly coach...


20 posted on 04/09/2009 2:21:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
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