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Charles Krauthammer on Fox said that he thought Obama was correct not to speak on this or become the visible leader. He said Carter made the mistake of getting out front and he and the Presidency became a hostage. He said O should stay in the background until Phillips is safe.

How much do you want to bet that once Phillips is safe and the pirates captured or killed, O will immediately come forward and tell us how great he is?

If this goes on much longer it is going to be harder to overcome it. We really look ineffective.

This is a joke we have a ship with choppers, navy seals and we still cant get help to this man and put this to rest?

I will bet anything Obama is in the middle of this with his nonsense of looking for a diplomatic solution.

O has been busy setting up the arrangements to bring a chef in from St. Louis to make pizzas for the kids and the family. God, you want him to do pirates too? You are probably going to say next that instead of spending a million tax$$ on a kid’s pizza party he should be paying some attention to Capt. Phillips’ family. You are so unreasonable. He is only the president.

LMAO, jangles!

Come on now, you know he’s having the pizza delivered to the lifeboat, right?

Calling…. Jack Sparrow!!

A commentator on FOX said that he thinks that Obama is just hoping it will all go away. However, he also felt that they were waiting for the special Marine boats, which are smaller and more maneuverable to come before they would take action.

That whole pizza thing has me so riled. The man has no conscience or sensitivity. How long has he been in office now? When is this going to be over?

What’s the difference between a pirate and a terrorist? Is it just another euphemism like enemy combatant?

According to the website below, only 1380 more days to go until January 20, 2013!

http://www.calendarhome.com/cgi-bin/date2.pl?month1=4&date1=11&year1=2009&wd=Saturday&month2=1&date2=20&year2=2013&wd2=Sunday

We’re about 80 days in, so we’re only about 5.5% of the way there. Ugh!

I know we’re laughing about the pizza story…but, come on…people can’t pay their rent and jizzbrain is flying someone 1,000 miles with a suitcase full of pizza dough? WTF happened to this scumbag being an example and a leader? Please tell me the nightmare is going to end soon. I can’t take much more of this. I really can’t.

Past piracy in this area has been taking the ships and cargo for sale or ransom, and holding passengers for ransom, treating them well and releasing them when the ransom is paid.

Terrorists destroy and kill for no such profit, but rather some political cause.

What puzzles me is so many other pirate ships joining this one. Why are they risking more and more of their people and resources — just to try to rescue these few pirates on the lifeboat? The ransom for the captain can’t be worth that much to them all, and as things are going, he may end up dead and no ransom at all. Why don’t the rest of the pirates write this off as a bad investment and stay home? They are escalating this into something that may get them all wiped out, and their bases too.

Hm, who’s running Somailia now, some darkside mirror image clone of Obama?

As a connoisseur of fine food I would fly 954 miles to eat the best Pasta in the world…

That’s a good question T. If they are terrorists, why has this problem been ignored for so long? If not, why don’t they just pay the ransom and fight them another day? Also, I’ve wondered how these four men managed to board this ship without anyone trying to stop them and don’t those ships have radar? I’ve been on a cruise ship and I can’t imagine a pirate being able to climb up the side. Are all of them from Somalia and what happens to the money they have made which I have heard is considerable? Is anyone in Somalia becoming noticeably richer? What will they do if the “mother” ship comes along? If the money isn’t paid, this captain will die.

>>> …Obama is just hoping it will all go away

As we, of course, feel about Obama!

Guess Charles Krauthammer never heard of those four guys carved on Mt. Rushmore, or JFK backing down Kruschev in a nuclear standoff; or Teddy’s policy of speaking softly and carrying a big stick…just a four year president called Carter who at least had more experience with civilian and military leadership than the pizza party organizer.

If Mr. Soertoro/Obama wanted to “stay in the background” while our citizens are held hostage then why did he ask for the job? Looks like he’s only in it for the money and the perks and you certainly can’t say that about Carter!

Somali clan elders try to mediate in pirate stand-off

Somali elders were preparing to sail on Saturday to where pirates were holding an American cargo ship captain hostage in an ongoing high-seas hostage crisis.

By Mike Pflanz
Mombasa
TheTelegraph.co.uk
11 Apr 2009

The team of men from the pirates’ home town plan to “calm” the gunmen holding Richard Phillips and arrange for his hand-over to US forces, according to a Kenyan maritime official.

“They are just onshore waiting for permission from the US Navy, and then they will go,” said Andrew Mwangura, head of the Seafarers’ Assistance Programme in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa.

“They want to calm the people holding Phillips, then arrange to give him to the Americans on the agreement that the pirates will not be harassed.”

A back-up force of pirates aboard a hijacked German boat had threatened to sail to reinforce their colleagues, perhaps using their 24 foreign hostages as a human shield.

But they were forced to turn back on Saturday, saying they had failed to locate the scene of the hijack, some 400 miles north-east of Mogadishu.

Mr Phillips, 55, has been held in a small lifeboat adrift in the Indian Ocean since a botched attempt to seize his ship, the US-flagged, Danish-owned Maersk Alabama, on Wednesday.

He tried to escape early on Friday by slipping overboard under cover of darkness, but was immediately recaptured when at least one of the four armed men holding him jumped into the sea after him.

He is said to be unharmed. The lifeboat has enough supplies for 34 people for ten days.

The US Navy has sent three warships and a surveillance aircraft to the area to try to force the pirates to capitulate and give up their hostage, but the tense stand-off entered its fourth day on Saturday.

The gang is understood to have demanded a $2 million ransom for the safe release of Mr Phillips , and have threatened to kill him if it is not paid.

Abdi Garad, a pirate commander in the Somali town of Eyl, said on Saturday that there were plans to move Mr Phillips to another, larger ship because “there are not any developments on the standoff with the American officials”.

“I’m afraid this matter is likely to create disaster because it’s taking too long and we are getting information that the Americans are planning rescue tricks like the French commandos did,” he said.

Florent Lemacon, a Frenchman whose yacht was hijacked last week, died on Friday when French commandos mounted a raid to free him with his wife and three-year-old son and another couple.

The other hostages were rescued safely. Two pirates also died and three more were captured during the operation, which was ordered by France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

His office defended the mission, saying that France was determined ‘not to give in to blackmail, and to defeat the pirates’.

But the commando raid illustrates the dangers faced by the Americans as they consider their options for releasing Mr Phillips.

The Pentagon, the White House and other US officials have stressed that they are doing all they can to secure a peaceful, negotiated outcome.

The Maersk Alabama was due to arrive in Mombasa later on Saturday. Its remaining 19 crew members, all Americans, are safely aboard.

I read this morning that the French lost one of the hostages when doing the raid. This is the third such raid they’ve done when their citizens have been captured by pirates, but only the first time a hostage has been killed. So one hostage lost in 3 rescue missions is very reasonable.

There comes a time when negotiations just aren’t working. I guess Sarkozy gave this last group 48 hours and then it was decided to rescue the hostages. It’s been over 3 days now for the American captain being held hostage. If some sort of compromise has yet to be agreed upon, maybe it’s time to do something different.

I just feel President Pantywaist is wringing his hands, asking everyone what they think and how they feel and then wants to get a majority consensus on how to proceed. Then he wants Hillary to be in charge and make the statements. That way if whatever happens ends badly, she takes the blame. But if it ends well you know it’s all thanks to Obama.

Gaaah!!!
I just heard about this latest Marie Antoinette moment. He flew the chef in from St. Louis (nearly 1000 miles) to make his pizza. Well, obviously there are no good pizzas nearer than Missouri. And in this time of tightening our belts and people resorting to food banks to feed their families, thank goodness our POTUS is setting such a good example of sacrifice and fiscal responsibility. I mean, he could’ve flown someone in from Rome.

Words fail when I try to express my disgust at his self-indulgences in the face of our economic crisis.

Shannon Love:

Forty years ago it would seem pathetically funny that a group of people in a fishing boat armed with nothing more than assault rifles and RPGs could capture ships out from under the nose of the U.S. Navy, but today we regard it as a “very serious and complicated problem.” It isn’t. Modern piracy is a trivial problem with simple, proven and well understood solutions. The fact that we cannot deal with it tells us how sick we’ve become.

SOMALI PIRATES IN GERMAN SHIP FAIL TO FIND COMRADES

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSN10335102._CH_.2400

Seafarers official: Pirates hijack US tugboat

NAIROBI,
Kenya
April 11, 2009

– The head of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Program says Somali pirates have hijacked an American-owned tugboat with 16 crew in the Gulf of Aden.

Andrew Mwangura says maritime industry sources told him that the Italian-flagged boat was towing two barges when it was attacked.

Mwangura’s report could not immediately be confirmed with U.S., Italian or other government officials.

Mwangura says it was unclear if the attack took place off the coast of Somalia or further north near Yemen. He says he did not know what was on the barges.

Mwangura says the attack was launched around 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) Saturday. An American captain who thwarted the takeover of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama by giving himself up as a hostage was still being held Saturday on a lifeboat being watched by two U.S. warships.

MORE:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_on+re_af/piracy

SORRY:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_on_af/piracy

I’d call Jack Bauer.

What better way to commemorate the most solemn day of the Christian calander than to hold a Good Friday pizza party? Attending services, fasting, abstaining- that’s all passe. Parties is how all committed Christians roll now. Gibbs will remind you the pizza did come from Saint Louis.

Now because Obama did not act swiftly this has become a full blown crisis that goes beyond just 4 guys in a lifeboat.

This is the first test for Obama.

Oh goodie. GEEZ. I’m sure not only is Larry extremely disappointed-along with the rest of us, that this hostage situation now goes on another day, not rescuing the Captain as he expected and hoped, but as we are sending additional ships to the area, ANOTHER PIRACY takes place!!!

U.S.-Owned Tugboat With Italians Aboard Hijacked Off Somalia

Saturday, April 11, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates hijacked an American-owned tugboat with 16 crew in the Gulf of Aden, the head of a Kenyan seafarers’ program said Saturday.

Nairobi-based Italian Ambassador Pierandrea Magistrati said he only could confirm that “there is a boat that has been hijacked, I believe by Somali pirates.”

The hijacking took place as the American captain of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was still being held hostage on a lifeboat being watched by two U.S. warships.

The head of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Program, Andrew Mwangura, said maritime industry sources had informed his organization that the Italian-flagged U.S. tugboat was towing two barges when it was attacked. He said it was unclear if the attack took place off the coast of Somalia or further north near Yemen. He said did not know what was on the barges.

Mwangura said the attack was launched around 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) Saturday.

More U.S. warships were trying to stop Somali pirates from sending reinforcements to the lifeboat where the American captain was being held for a fourth day hundreds of miles from land, a diplomat said Saturday.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514461,00.html

NOT EXACTLY the kind of progress we are hoping for.

Does the President of the United States get involved when Americans are kidnapped in Colombia?

What is the difference?

These shipping crews are idiots for sailing their ships anywhere near where pirate attacks have been taking place. They cannot expect the President to come to their rescue ever time they get in trouble.

Irresponsible shipping companies. The shipping industry has to find a better solution to this problem and they cannot expect tax payers and governments to bail them out every time they get into trouble.

What is the solution Larry Johnson to maritime piracy?

You are asking if there is a difference in individual kidnamppings? Regardless of location of kidnapping…ie USA, Columbia, Australia, India, etc? Versus Piracy…acts of terrorizing, seizing control of property and taking hostage one or more persons, killing and destroying property and life? hmmm

Oh and of course, there’s that tiny little extra pesky thing about open waters, shipping, security, commerce.

Pirates seized an American-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew on Saturday oh man imagine that some silly guys making the US Navy look like total idiots.

Something is wrong here I just cant understand what is going on this administration is the worse, what are they a bunch of cowards? I bet these families who have people out there wish that Bush was still in office.

Pirates seized an American-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew on Saturday !!!

these are not acts of terrorism. this is done for pure monetary reasons.

what do you think was going to happen by putting the poorest country in the world next to the richest shipping lane in the world?

as far as stealing property in international waters it is largely between the shipping companies and the pirates.

sailors should refuse to work in these conditions.

I think the President of the United States has more important things to worry about.

If the U.S. is really interested in solving this problem then they should step up with the resources required.

With all the things going on in the world it is embarassing that the President of the United States has to spend one second on this….

and what if next week another ship is taken and the next week another…

The President of the United States DOES have more important things to do…he has to make sure he goes to every country in the world and insults, humiliates, degrades and apologizes for America. After that, he has to fly someone across the country, 1,000 miles, to make him a pizza. Good thing you half wits voted for him.

LMAO!!! I’mFedUp, I don’t think I ever want to get in an argument with you . . .

oowawa…I’ve been in a really bad mood since November 4, 2008.

Julie, I am sure that you have people poorer than yourself living nearby.

When you get robbed or kidnapped, I hope the police yawn, and say “Well, what did you expect, living in a nice house right next to people who have nothing?”

You know, the police really have better things to do than worry about protecting you, when you were stupid enough to have some wealth in sight of those who don’t.

The whole situation is totally absurd. The US Navy is being held captive by four men in a motorless dinghy. I think it is ridiculous and as I said yesterday the longer it goes on the worse it gets for getting this thing done and over with. We look like fools.

Wow, troll. Every time you use the keyboard is yet another reason why you shouldn’t.

I’m not going to address your freak out, the others have done already.

I will just give one tip on what we are beginning to realize with Obots, some help in the education arena.

terrorizing,

ter·ror·ize (těr’ə-rīz’) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es
1.To fill or overpower with terror; terrify.
2.To coerce by intimidation or fear. See Synonyms at frighten.

Reasons people terrorize vary, but they are still terrorizing. Do you really want to get in to whose reasons are more legit, based on your biased view?

Osama Bin Laden thought he had a pretty legit reason for terrorizing.

…so do the Pirates.

Yes, people who do wrong always are looking for reasons to excuse poor behavior.

And, one more check on your lesson on what terrorize means, if you want to talk about terrorism or terrorists, you as an Obot are not allowed to. You must refer to them now as Man Caused Disaster, ie president Obama.

Yes, that the pirates are terrorists is a no-brainer as far as I am concerned. What part of a death threat in lieu of concessions doesn’t make them terrorists? Their poverty and corrupt government doesn’t make kidnapping and more acceptable for these “pirates” than it would for Mexican drug lords. Why are we romanticizing these guys as “pirates” to begin with? They are just terrorist kidnappers. For crying out loud… throw a grappling hook onto that life raft and winch it up the side of the warship and end this idiocy.

legit reason for terrorizing

That brings up another point. We have very capable defenses for ballistic missiles etc. yet a full warship stands helpless against four “pirates” with assault rifles? Fighting unconventional enemies is going to necessitate some unconventional defenses. Maybe these will all be “low tech”. There is nothing wrong with that. Simple is good. How about electrifying the ships railing… like an electric fence? How about placing a horizontal retractable “fence” around the ships perimeter? It could fold down… or up on docking. Inconvenient to the purpose of the cargo ship? Yes, it no doubt would be… but it has to be more convenient that allowing “pirates” to climb up and take over the ships.

I like counting by quarters better- only 16 those those- and one is down already.

Somali pirates seize another boat

BBC NEWS
April 11, 2009

Somali pirates have hijacked a tugboat in the Gulf of Aden with 16 crew members on board – 10 of them Italians, reports say.

Maritime industry sources say the tug was towing two barges at the time of the attack at 0800 GMT. The crew are said to be unharmed.

Meanwhile pirates holding a US captain hostage have warned that using force to rescue him could result in “disaster”.

The pirates said they hoped to put Capt Richard Phillips on a larger vessel.

US and other naval ships are making their way to the area.

He is being held by four pirates in a lifeboat hundreds of kilometres off Somalia.

Meanwhile unnamed US officials were quoted by the Associated Press as saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was examining the hijacking.

US Attorney General Eric Holder said last week there had not been a case of piracy against a US ship for hundreds of years.

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This on top of our earthquake.

Hey, JulieBot, you want to defend these pigs again?

VA A FANCULO!!!

Puma for Life wrote “The US Navy is being held captive by four men in a motorless dinghy. “

ROFLMAOOAOA

obama is making our predictions come true.

He actually thought he would be the miracle cure. Just allow them to see him and they won’t do any bad stuff. “I say STOP, until I say stop again”-”drats, my foreign policy is not working”, Obama.

Simple is good. Nothing iss just plain reckless.

Can you imagine the Navy screaming, “why the hell is he asking us to stand down?”

should have been,

“I say STOP, or I’ll say stop again”,

That about sums up his foregin policy.

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