From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli… the worlds oceans are, at least temporarily, safe once again for Americans from the scourge of Piracy. Let’s face it. There’s something deep and intrinsic about “pirates” and its more than just the glamour of Johnny Depp. Its a gut clenching fear, a raw emotional response. And our teleprompter-in-chief has just bested a group of pirates and saved the brave ship captain. His stock will jump 10 points, maybe 20.
Right up until this morning, I was ready to gut him for a failure to act. I still think that he simply was forced to act by military advisors who had been chomping at the bit for 72 hours to get the job done. And reluctantly he was forced to take a chance that it could go very bad and make a move. Some are going to say he was “quite and careful”. I say he was a deer in the damn headlights. Look at how he responded… saying nothing for days .
Has it turned out well for him?
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Memorable Easter for that brave Captain. Kudos to our navy Seals!
Can Obama borrow that “Mission Accomplished” banner from George W. Bush?
I believe it was the Bush era Navy that did the job. In reality, it is a stetch to credit any President for our armed forces doing the job they are assigned to do. Good for our Navy!
Credit where it is due, If he made the order He gets the crdit. That is why we have the most expensive and best trained military in the world, so a half dozen starving Pirates can’t blackmail us.
*Being that we are still Bush supporters…..
you do have to admit that Obama acted on the piracy issue and Bush did not! Saying that it was because no American vessel had been pirated…
is a poor excuse. Let’s hope that the 250 captured mariners are now released by those pirate trash and the Global web of Organized Crime and Terror bosses. London, Nairobi, Kenya
and four more places are involved. We need to put a stop to the whole network and we have to applaud President Obama for moving forward when none other had done so…for several years.
Great job by our Navy! Kudos to all the heroes for acting so bravely and saving another hero,Captain Richard Phillips.
the “Bush Era Navy”????
WTF?