Let us thank the Somali pirates

American Thinker ^ | April 11, 2009 | James Lewis

[neverdem]

Flashback: It's 1979, and President Jimmy Carter is facing a hostage crisis, with American diplomats being kidnapped by Islamist "students" in Tehran. Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew our Cold War ally, the Shah of Iran, with the tacit of the Carter Administration, because it thought of the murderous Ayatollah as "some kind of saint," in the words of former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young.

Jimmy and Zbig have been trying to explain their disastrous ignorance ever since; and because they are mentally stuck in appeasement thinking, they have infected the Obamanites with the same plague bacilli.

Flashforward to 2008, and an American merchant marine captain is being held hostage by Islamist pirates off the coast of Somalia. It's a repeat of 1979, and the world is watching to see if Obama is going to be any more effective than Jimmy Carter was.

Obama may think this is a "distraction". The rest of the world sees it as a test. And so, far Obama is flunking. The world will draw its own conclusions very quickly      

Thank heavens for the pirates! Why? Because we must know as soon as possible if the Obamanites are as incompetent and foolish as they proudly claim to be -- or whether they can summon up the guts to try to rescue the captain. We have plenty of special ops forces who are trained for hostage rescue. The West has forty years of experience in knocking over hostage takers, as Israelis did in Entebbe. But similar methods have been perfected by now, as shown most recently in Colombia, where US forces advised the Colombian government how to deal with another hostage situation.

It always comes with real risk, both to our own troops and to the hostages. And yes, Mr. Obama, we may have to knock some pirates' heads as well.

If Obama fails to take action, watch for Russia to make a move on the Ukraine. China will get more aggressive toward Taiwan. Iran will openly throw sandals at Obama effigies, and the rest of the world will realize --  uh-oh, no more cop on the international beat. North Korea will launch another missile over Japan -- pahdon me, another satellite launch will somehow go astray, heading toward Hawaii.

That means one of two things: either the aggressors start winning, or somebody else has to play the international cop -- the role the United States has carried for sixty years.

So who do you want to play the world's cop?

Russia will happily volunteer do it for Europe, since Europe won't do it for itself. China could squeeze concessions from Japan and South Korea to stop the Norks. And in the Middle East it will either be Israel -- which can protect the Arab countries from nuclear attack by Iran -- or it will be the mad mullahs of Qom. I would guess that the Israelis will bomb Iranian nuclear facilities, with the covert help of Arab Gulf states.

Welcome to the age of American weakness. The whole world, we were told in the last eight years, wanted to bring the US down a notch or two. Well, just be careful what you wish for.

Maybe we should thank the Somali pirates for testing Obama this early in the new administration.

[ThreePuttinDude]

Ha Ha Ha, that reminds me of the Washington DC sniper.
The lefties suggested we call in the writers from
one of those cop shows that was shot in Miami. (CSI Miami?)

The reasoning was they had an hour show that had
a sniper picking off people, so they would be able
to figure out the plot line in DC..

Don't you just love to watch Libs scramble all over themselves
to look as foolish as they do?

[bikerman]

O’bozo will get hot on this thing as soon as he finishes his Pizza. He will write a really really nasty note in Red ink to show his disapproval of this whole mess, fear not.

[BuffaloJack]

Jeez, Peter Pan had more success dealing with pirates than Obama.

[AnalogReigns]

I heard Bortz say the same thing yesterday, and I agree, in principle....

HOWEVER, apparently, as I heard later:
a) It was at night
b) He was literally in the water for just a few seconds—and the pirates shot a machine gun at him (so he stopped swimming)
c) The Navy Captain is very likely under orders not to fire....UNLESS given an order to by the President...
(that would be the Carter-esque/Clinton-esque, democRat thing to do, right? Can’t trust those wacky military types in the field...)

[WEshelman]

Actually, maybe Obama’s holding-back because the Somali pirates really are sort of “community organizers,” and it’s professional courtesy. Just a thought....

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

My gut agrees.

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Tin Foil / Conspiracy Nut / Black Helicopter Disclaimer:
However there is a small cynical voice that says maybe this was the test and odumba was going to show the world how he could talk the pirates down. The attempted escape by the Captain screwed up odumba’s plan.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

What if EVERYONE simply left. The pirates will not gain by killing the hostage. But never give them ransome money. Then the hostage has no value to them.

[The Great RJ]

I am reminded of the Mayagüez incident in 1975 when a US container ship was seized by the Cambodians. President Ford immediately sent in the Marines and other US forces and did not attempt negotiations.

[Mac from Cleveland]

Who the hell didn’t see this coming last year? I didn’t need proof.....

[Mac from Cleveland]

Who the hell didn’t see this coming last year? I didn’t need proof.....

[Islaminaction]

Thanks Jim.

[JimRed]

In case I forget on Monday the 13th, Happy First Anniversary as a registered FReeper!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

[Ann Archy]

THat PICTURE!!!! It is NOT Photoshopped....those two clowns actually met at a picnic tale by the Swing Set!!! OMG!!! We have elected a chilish buffoon BOWER!

[Islaminaction]

Thanks! I appreciate that.

[Jmouse007]

Obama Held Hostage Day #3

Democrats in power = America and Americans in danger!

Pantywaist Coward Obamessiah is a 11/10/2001 boy-man living in an 11/12/2001 world and he can't handle it. He is a girly man hiding under his desk who is letting 4 thugs with guns on a dingy hold the entire US Navy hostage.

This cowardly DemocRAT boy-man is without a doubt the weakest president the United States of America has ever had. I hope and pray the Republicans are taking note and preparing massive TV ads to run in 2010 and 2012.

Obamessiah is a disgrace and this whole mess is his "America Held Hostage" Iran/Carter 2 crisis:

[SupplySider]

Why all the fuss? The big shipping corporations should stop being greedy and spread the wealth to the less fortunate pirates. This is the established economic policy of the Obama administration.

[Liz]

Carter Jimmy and Zbig were stuck in appeasement thinking....they infected the Obamanites with the same plague bacilli.

Actually, Obama is infected with the "acornus bacilli virus".....it's having a constricting effect on his brainwaves.

[Star Traveler]

:-)

[pillut48]

Flip the flipping lifeboat, then juggle it and attack at the same time while everyone is tumbled around!! Gads, the Seals could have ended this ‘crisis’ in less than a minute, without mussing a hair on Capt. Phillips’ head!! >:-(

WHAT IS OBAMA WAITING FOR?!?! PERMISSION FROM HIS IMAM TO ATTACK HIS “BROTHERS”?!?!?!?!

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!