Obama is simplying incapable of bargaining from a position of strength with a man like that -- Ahmadinejad knows Obama better than Obama knows himself.
“Obama is simplying incapable....”
says it ALL right there. Thanks, President Erkel for voting “present” and letting this situation escalate into an international incident. Boob!
Obama is too busy selling mortgages to deal with this.
Funny, I couldn’t find anything about securing mortgages in the Constitution. Did find this pesky thing that seems to apply to pirates ...
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
But then, again, what do I know?
I suspect these guys are taking orders from someone far away, very likely Iran. If so, they would have to be using a device that could be tapped by the US. My guess is we know as much as they do about what they’re being told. Just a guess.
Ahmadinejad has noticed that the first course of action in all cases is for the Teleprompter to deliver whatever text magically appears.
Second, if that fails, get congress to throw some money at it, and if that fails,
turn it over to the UN.
The Iran hostage crisis happened during my first 10 years out of the military.
Then the hostage attempt failed in the desert. I thought at the time and still consider the failure due to too many political hands trying to play nice.
Ahmadinejad and others are learning much about an ineffective means to act and respond.
Jimmy Carter became a "has been" overnight because he thought it was his responsibility to dream up all of the bright solutions.
An executive is successful when they operate like Reagan and push the ability to act down the chain of command.
It sounds like a bunch of hands are being tied so that a political decision can be made.
Hey folks, it is just one man in a lifeboat with a few armed pirates. This is the type of situation that military is best suited for. Let them act!!