Posted on 04/12/2009 6:32:17 AM PDT by libstripper
Pirates have seized two ships in which America has an interest and continue to hold Richard Phillips, Captain of the Maersk Alabama, for two million dollars ransom.
After several days of witnessing the lone superpower in the universe literally brought to its knees by four Johnny Depp caliber pirates, even journalists in the leftist media are starting to wonder:
Where in the hell is President and Commander-in-chief Barack Obama?
Until now, Obama has been strangely mute, preferring to let Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak for the administration.
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This buffoon has time to pick the final 4 but has not said a word about an American being held hostage by 4 skids
O’wimp can’t even defeat a pirate. What a loon. Congrats, MSM, you got someone with as many cojones as you have...and he’s just as stupid, too. Be sure to reserve a NYT position for the loon after we kick him out.
Hillary cackles about Americans being kidnapped by terrorists and the commander in training orders pizza from 900 miles away. I guess all we can do is pray and wait.
FTFY
Any new info on why she broke into inappropriate cackles while talking about this crisis?
Hey, give him a break. After guaranteeing the warranties at GM and Chrysler President Goodwrench has a lot of oil changes and tire rotations to perform.
Talk failed to persuade North Korea not to test its long range missile.
Talk is not deterring Iran's rush to become a nuclear nation.
Talk is failing to free the US ship captain.
Can we say Obama's foreign policy is failing after less than three months in office?
When you make the safety of the Captain the most important objective above national interests, this is the kind of ridiculous situation you find yourself in, i.e., four ragtag pirates in a lifeboat without gas in the middle of the ocean making demands and holding the world’s lone superpower hostage for five days.
The sad part is that if the Captain is released unharmed most of the American people will consider this a success and won’t even care if the pirates are allowed to escape back to Somalia.
He said, just a few days, ago that the United States is not and will not be at war with islam. That’s the crux of the matter here. Those pirates are jihadis.
LOL, can’t blame GWB for this ping!
What if we had hundreds of people killed in a terrorist attack? I suppose he would still sit around with his thumb up his butt. Lazy a$$ed POS.
The U.S. has a longstanding policy of not paying ransom.
How Arrogant.
He promised “change”. Why repeat the errors of the past? Pay them the $2,000,000.00. Compared to the porkapalooza, it’s mere chump change. Call it a stimulus.
Just Words?
Just Words?
Just Words?
Just Words?
95% fact / 5% satire
And they mocked Bush for continuing reading a book to children for like what, five minutes?
I’m no military man, but surely Obama’s responsibilities could be easily discharged by calling his Secretary of the Navy and saying “make this problem go away, and if possible rescue the captain, but in no event are the pirates to escape alive.”
Or if that is distasteful, call the Texas Governor, and ask “Do you have a spare Texas Ranger who knows how to swim?”
He could fix his problem so easily. Why the delay?
Not so fast. These movies were made on W's watch so he is to blame.According to Barry.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Its 3 o’clock somewhere Bambi. Pick up the phone!
2 minutes - until they told him of the 2nd plane.
Well the guy has never run anything but his mouth. He reminds me of the Capitan in Band of Brothers who could not make a decision durning a battle and was getting people killed
In the side room, a few moments before they came out for the photo op, one of her aides was cracking pirate jokes.
Like, "This week's crisis brought to you by the letter arrr," and, "Avast, ye wench, prepare to be boarded."
It was all she could do to restrain the giggles for as long as she did.
Guys, we’re talking about housing right now...
This isn’t possible. Doesn’t this reporter know that we’re living in the era of Hope and Change? We don’t have problems anymore!
...no?
I wish I could hear or see her comments, i heard them once. thanks
Where in the hell is President and Commander-in-chief Barack Obama?
John Lillpop is under the false impression that this pirate attack is an act of war so Barry should somehow react. Well, it's not. Barry's people have clearly stated this piracy is a criminal act.
So right now Eric Holder is trying to find the pirates lawyers - as is their 'right' - then they'll 'arrest' the pirates.
That is correct.
“Talk”
A few Quotes from George W. Bush
America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America
Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.
I think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.
Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.
I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.
George W. Bush
I miss him...
....and that proves that our CIC is the Child-in-Chief that ACORN and ignorant Americans installed in the WH.
Whatever zero does or doesn't do, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
Follow Jefferson’s example. send in the marines
That is exactly how to handle it.
And hope they send the Portugese water dog to the rescue, at least he'd know what to do.
This is typical of the liberal mindset.....conservatives are simple-minded, and one needs to understand and consider all of the nuances of a situation before acting. As a result, Obama is so nuanced that he is unable to act or even provide the nation with a clear and concise message about dealing with the pirates.
Bill Clinton fled from Mogadishu with his tail between his legs, encouraging Osama bin Laden to attack us by showing weakness. Obama is repeating the same old mistakes.
The Child-in-Chief is getting a puppy today, dontcha know?
What crisis? Not a crisis for the Kenyan/Somalian President nor the zombies that voted him in
What few people know is that when Obama speaks of “Hope and Change” is that what he means is “I Hope that things Change for the better despite all of the stupid things I am doing.”
How ineffective is the “Mulatto Malefactor”?
Doesn’t he have advisors
Sure he can... simply issue a statement that it's all Bush's fault... the left doesn't need facts or logic, they will believe whatever he says. Simple as that.
That is what I don’t understand, I guess it is above my pay level.
Barry has more important things to do, like naming his new dog after himself, B.O.
Funny. Margaret Thatcher said one time she could trace the fall of the British Empire to the invention and use of the telephone. Seems while the Empire was doing well, their Viceroys and the like, on the scene, did the right thing without interference from Whitehall.
In a similar fashion here, when we have the nimrods in the Whitehouse telling each commander what to do rather than just giving them a strategic mission and allowing their operation plans to follow the direction of that mission, we end up with this: 4 rag tags in a row boat dictating to an entire naval fleet.
I bet this incident is being portrayed like Tiananmen Square in all of the Kenyan’s brother nations.
Vince
Or he could call Ross Perot
The buck and the way this will be manipulated a la the Iran hostage crises - wasn’t that what it was called - is because even bummer’s muzzie brethern know he can be rolled.
Impeach the coward!
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