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US captain fails in attempt to escape from pirates
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| 04-10-2009
| AFP
Posted on 04/10/2009 6:21:26 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
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Where were the Navy Sharp Shooters...
To: broken_arrow1
Delivering Obama’s pizza chef
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:22:04 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
To: broken_arrow1
where were the sharpshooters and the SEALS?
This is disgraceful
Calling Ross Perot
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:23:56 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
To: broken_arrow1
Navy Sharpshooters? With Obama as our President, you think a Naval officer is going to give an order to take out a Somali “civilian” caught up in the fray, because “civilian” is exactly what this administration & the media would call the guy who swam after the captain. The media would swallow the story the guy the Navy sharpshooter took out was simply caught up in this thing and was actually trying to rescue the captain from drowning. The Naval officer would be demoted and face charges. The sharpshooter would be kicked out of the service and the family of the “civilian” would get $100,000 taxpayer bucks for their agony!
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:25:38 AM PDT
by
HD1200
To: broken_arrow1
Why weren’t there Seals in the water? Are there instructions from the White House to avoid a confrontation?
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:25:47 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: broken_arrow1
WORST HEADLINE EVER!
HE didn’t fail. Our people should have been able to grab him the second he escaped from that vessel.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:26:00 AM PDT
by
Joann37
To: broken_arrow1
You would think that infrared sights would be trained on those undocumented Somalia sailors
Guess not. The Captain made a bold attempt for freedom and no one was even paying attention? That’s harsh.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:26:52 AM PDT
by
romanesq
To: broken_arrow1
Dead Men Floating
Why are these guys still sucking in oxygen?
An unbelievable failure of leadership.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:27:07 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Joann37
The pirates should’ve been nailed the moment the Capitan jumped. This of course would happen after Bambi had their rights read to them.
To: broken_arrow1
After this incident, the Navy should unload on Somali ports and Pirate ships. That will learn them!
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:28:32 AM PDT
by
rbosque
(10 year Freeper!)
To: broken_arrow1
Two explanations for this:
-He has more sympathy for those Muslim pirates than he does for our American sailors, and/or
-He's simply a big, fat pu$$y. He makes Jimmy Carter look like Chuck Norris.
To: broken_arrow1
SEAL under boat with re breather and knife. Sharpshooters. Happy ending.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:29:35 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
To: broken_arrow1
Someone called into Rush L's show yesterday (a captain on a merchant marine) who said another captain had emailed him telling him that Obammie’s Commies had instructed the crew of the captured ship that they'd be held accountable for any harm caused to the pirates.
I know, I know, purely anecdotal and hearsay.
If true, though, how entirely backwards.
These pirates need to be made into fish food. FAST.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:30:16 AM PDT
by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(If you haven't read "The Creature from Jekyll Island," you probably don't know what's going on.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Remind me, why do we have a Navy?
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:30:55 AM PDT
by
Melchior
To: romanesq
Isn't that something? The captain makes a brave break for it and no one was paying the least bit of attention. This is so embarrassing.
If even one of those so-called pirates gets out of this alive it'll be one too many.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:31:57 AM PDT
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: broken_arrow1
This is so wrong and so embarrassing. Where are the Seals/Delta? ... if they had been unleashed this whole piracy problem could have been solved in 48 hours. Just a few pirates are holding the mightiest nation hostage ... this does bode well for our future on the world stage.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:32:17 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Have you noticed Obama voters are having buyer's remorse?)
To: MuttTheHoople
unfortunately for our shipping interests obama sees these pirates as
a) black muslims
b) fellow africans
c)community organizers
d) wealth redistributors
meanwhile, let there be St Louis pizza at the WH today
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:32:48 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
To: broken_arrow1
Calling Jimmy Carter..... (sic)
this is pathetic
To: MuttTheHoople
No, 0bama makes Woody Allen look like John Wayne.
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:35:00 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: broken_arrow1
Was the destroyer monitoring the pirate boat? They do have night vision in the Navy right?
As soon as the captain was overboard and out of direct line of fire, flip on the CWIS and turn the rest of the pirates into chum. They don’t have men standing watch with .50cal guns?
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posted on
04/10/2009 6:35:38 AM PDT
by
burnitup
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