[PCW] Fw: Interesting [received from a friend in TX, I hope this is not the truth but agree, it probably is. Yes, our big destroyer sitting there....dah....next to 2 puney pirate boats, looked really stupid & embarassing.jc

[Jonah Jones]

politcs.   YAWN!
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On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:32 PM, Dennis Raedeke wrote:

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Subject: Fwd: Interesting [received from a friend in TX, I hope this
is not
the truth but agree, it probably is. Yes, our big destroyer sitting
there....dah....next to 2 puney pirate boats, looked really stupid &
embarassing.jc


  This should be no surprise to any of you guys !!

  Mike M.



Subject: FW: Interesting [received from a friend in TX, I hope this is
not the
truth but agree, it probably is. Yes, our big destroyer sitting
there....dah....next to 2 puney pirate boats, looked really stupid &
embarassing.jc


FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 ;
Let the political games begin!!!!!!!!

      I have no idea who originated the following but, somehow, it's
totally
believable. I couldn't verify its authenticity.
      __________________________________________________________________

      Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach yesterday
and
asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:
      1.  BHO (Barack Hussein Obama) wouldn't authorize the DEVGRU/
NSWC SEAL
teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander)
recommendation.
      2.  Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their ROE
(Rules of
Engagement) that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life
was in
"imminent" danger

      3.  The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the raggies
all
sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction

      4.  When the navy RIB (rigid inflatable boat) came under fire as
it
approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE
restrictions.  As
the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS
had them
all dialed in.

      5.  BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed by the
Bainbridge
CPN and SEAL teams

      6.  Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they have
the OpArea
and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage.  4 hours later,
3 dead
raggies

      7.  BHO immediately claims credit for his "daring and decisive"
behaviour.  As usual with him, it's BS. So per our last e-mail thread,
I'm
downgrading Oohbaby's performance to D-.  Only reason it's not an F is
that
the hostage survived.

      Philipsb first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean
hadn't worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue
by his
countrybs Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat
prison,
enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his
captors b
and none was taken. The guidance from National Command Authority b the
president of the United States, Barack Obama b had been clear: a
peaceful
solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the
hostagebs life was in clear, extreme danger.

      The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft
was fired
on by the Somali pirates b and again no fire was returned and no
pirates
killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy
personnel
thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from Washington
and a
mandate from the commander in chiefbs staff not to act until Obama, a
man
with no background of dealing with such issues and no track record of
decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a bpeaceful
solutionb
would be acceptable.

      After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday
night, the
on scene commander decided he'd had enough. Keeping his authority to
act in
the case of a clear and present danger to the hostagebs life and having
heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount a
rescue
operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer b unnamed
in all
media reports to date b decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at
Philipsb back was a threat to the hostagebs life and ordered the
NSWC team
to take their shots. Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands
became
enemy KIA and Philips was safe.

      There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events
over the
last week that culminated in yesterdaybs dramatic rescue of an American
hostage. Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama
administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the
Indian Ocean and declared that the dramatic end to the standoff put to
rest
questions of the inexperienced presidentbs toughness and decisiveness.
Despite the Obama administrationbs (and its sycophantsb) attempt to
spin
yesterdaybs success as a result of bold, decisive leadership by the
inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort. What
should have
been a standoff lasting only hours b as long as it took the USS
Bainbridge
and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location b became an
embarrassing four-day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of
criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.



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