Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 12:24 AM
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This pirate/hostage incident is critical
This is not small stuff. Multiple lives are at stake in this incident as we speak and type, an incident that keeps growing by the hour.
I am angry that President Obama is not dropping the hammers of hell on these lawless THUGS.
President Obama, I beseech you, PLEASE, crush them, make them understand that they cannot capture and hold hostage innocents from any country, that ransoms are not even a consideration...shut it the **** down. PLEASE.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 12:25 AM
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1. Obama is letting the experts handle this.
This from the peopel who make a big deal about several minutes Bush spent waiting for the experts to handle things on 9/11.
Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 08:17 PM
Response to Reply #6
86. here, I thought you wanted him to put his THOR outfit on and leap halfway round the globe
to drop the hammer of HELL on them
..Riding on DoomPony and carrying the Teleprompter of Death +3
backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 10:43 AM
Response to Reply #58
70. The key is to reestablish sane government in Somalia.
Though I admittedly have no idea how to make that happen - military intervention doesn't seem to be a very good option since the last time we went to Somalia, it turned into a major cluster****.
But if there was a proper government in Somalia, they could have a coast guard that did things like protecting fishing grounds from waste dumping, for example, so Somalis could make a living fishing instead of pirating. Humanitarian aid could be distributed properly instead of being seized by warlords, etc. etc. etc.
I keep reading the "blame it on whitey" type posts on DU - typical I guess.
Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 12:26 AM
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2. Obama should nuke 'em!
Sarcasm like this would have gotten you banned for life over there not so long ago.
wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-11-09 01:02 AM
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It is not petty crime. They are armed with automatic weapons and demand ransoms as much as a few
million dollars. And, the hijackings are getting more and more frequent and the pirates more and more sophisticated in their tactics. We need to address this matter-there is nothing petty about it.
So clearly this tactic of paying the
jizya ransom is working perfectly - lets extrapolate it to terrorists now.
bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 12:36 AM
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12. Oh for God's sake
Unless you think you know more about this matter than the President of the United States and his team then you would be well-advised to button it, and refrain from instructing him and his subordinates as to how to do their jobs.
I'm done with this thread.
Of course the dummies think they know more than Obama - Just like they thought they knew more than Bush.
laugle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-11-09 01:53 AM
Response to Reply #26
38. You are absolutely correct!
The United States of America should have a ZERO TOLERANCE for this kind of behavior.
If Obama hasn't made a statement yet, I expect he will do so, soon.
We do not pay ransom, and I just hope the Captain is rescued and comes home to his family.......
Lets play "spot the irony".
Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-12-09 03:22 AM
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91. OMG. You're a police officer? I don't know about anyone else, but...
that scares the living shit out of me.
Feeling a might guilty are we ?
