Let's start off by noting that a US flagged ship hasn't been attacked by pirates for 200 years and we haven't had an attack on US property, leaving Iraq and Afghanistan out of the picture where we are fighting a war, since 9/11.
Yet in not quite three months after we had Obamie pandering and groveling over Arab TV, pandering to the Europeans and the Turks and kissing SA's kings hand... guess what?
We had an attack.
You can call me suspicious, but I see a connection there.
Now I suppose I could mention that Obamie, after hiding out for three days didn't actually give the order to attack... But I wouldn't want to be accused of being ungrateful. But what do you think?
A top military official, Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, commander of the Fifth Fleet, explained that Obama issued a standing order that the military was to act ***if*** the captain's life was in ***immediate danger.***
Now you can call me suspicious, again.... But that looks like a CYA to me. If the results are good, Obamie is a hero. If the results are bad we have Obamie issuing "regrets" and "unnamed officials" noting how poor the Captain of the USS Bainbridge's judgement was. (And scratch one career.)
Of course things worked out fine and Obamie can bask in the glow of a naval Captain doing Obamie's job..... But the terrorists must have noted a few things.
Obamie did nothing until he had a chance to read pubic opinion.
His first move wasn't military but negotiation and he stuck with that. It was the military who actually took command and won under the belief that the Alabama's Captain was in harm's way.
So the next time they will...
Make sure that there can be no excuse for military action by the military. The fate and condition of the hostages will not be known until after the terrorists get what they want.
Obamie will fold up like yesterday's newspaper around garbage. He has taught the terrorists that and this incident hasn't changed their minds.
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Yet in not quite three months after we had Obamie pandering and groveling over Arab TV, pandering to the Europeans and the Turks and kissing SA's kings hand... guess what?
ReplyDeleteWe had an attack.So, the Somali pirates are part of a conspiracy with the Saudis and other Islamic nations to humiliate the US?
Seems to have backfired, three of them dead, one captive, the captain unharmed, but I realize you only engage in the broader picture.
Carry on.
Now I suppose I could mention that Obamie, after hiding out for three days didn't actually give the order to attack.I might suppose that he waited until a good attack plan was put together, military operations don't come off the shelf ready to use, as anyone with some sense would be able to understand and take into consideration.
If "Obamie" had been in public view for those three days, you'd chide him for being out in public when he should be working on getting the American captain free.
"Heads you win, tails you lose" has been your constant refrain here since 11/04/2008, as anyone who takes the time to study your entries since then will see for themselves
A top military official, Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, commander of the Fifth Fleet, explained that Obama issued a standing order that the military was to act ***if*** the captain's life was in ***immediate danger.***Now you can call me suspicious, again....No, the clinical term is "Nutso".
But that looks like a CYA to me.Perhaps he didn't want to risk the captains' life by acting prematurely.
But then, he'd be acting like he cared about the life of an American citizen, and you know in your heart of hearts is something that a "leftie" like "Obama" would do only if it were to his political advantage.
Of course things worked out fine and Obamie can bask in the glow of a naval Captain doing Obamie's job.Well, that's what's implied in the title "Commander-in-Chief", or do you think that Obamie should've imitated the Harrison Ford character in Air Force Oneand led the raid himself?
Obamie did nothing until he had a chance to read pubic opinion.Sure, because public opinion about an American Ship Captain has to be determined not as a matter of simple logic, but by polling and making sure he only p*sses off people like you when he takes action.
His first move wasn't military but negotiation and he stuck with that. It was the military who actually took command and won under the belief that the Alabama's Captain was in harm's way.The next thing you're going to b*tch and moan about is that the pirates will going around telling the folks in Somalia that Obama isn't trustworthy, thus making for a worse scenario taking place the next time they get an American as a hostage.
Make sure that there can be no excuse for military action by the military. The fate and condition of the hostages will not be known until after the terrorists get what they want.I can't make this stuff up, much as I would like to.
Obamie will fold up like yesterday's newspaper around garbage. He has taught the terrorists that and this incident hasn't changed their minds.You know, if Obamie came up with a cure for cancer, you would say it was a plot to overpopulate the world.
Does it matter why? I always thought what counted was what happened.... The terrorists attacked. I opine they were emboldened by Obamie's groveling and pandering..
ReplyDeleteNo. He was covering his "voting present" ass. If not he would issued this:
Should negotiations fail you are directed to take all necessary actions to secure the safe return of all prisoners and the capture or killing of the terrorist that have attacked....
And yes, there will be more attacks. Depend on it.
BTW - Nice whine for so early in the week.