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04 May 2011, 4:33 am

Just to remind you: Several months ago Barak Obama green lighted another Navy SEALS operation that lead to the death of several Somalian Pirates in the midst of their piracy. SEAL sharp-shooters took down some of the Somalis with head shots and captured the rest. So Lord Obama has a least two good marks to his credit.

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04 May 2011, 5:27 am

Indeed. JSOC has said that they've never had as much freedom to operate as they do under Obama, and that's not even touching drone strikes or other targeted killings (which he's gone to the judicial mat to defend). Obama has shown a real flair for having people whacked, which I suppose is better than invading and occupying whole countries to get to one or a handful of guys. I'm expecting a joke about Chicago politics any second now...


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04 May 2011, 11:12 am

Dox47 wrote:
Indeed. JSOC has said that they've never had as much freedom to operate as they do under Obama, and that's not even touching drone strikes or other targeted killings (which he's gone to the judicial mat to defend). Obama has shown a real flair for having people whacked, which I suppose is better than invading and occupying whole countries to get to one or a handful of guys. I'm expecting a joke about Chicago politics any second now...


Obama got his education in Chicago watching people thrown under the bus. Are you happy now?

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04 May 2011, 11:36 am

ruveyn wrote:
Just to remind you: Several months ago Barak Obama green lighted another Navy SEALS operation that lead to the death of several Somalian Pirates in the midst of their piracy. SEAL sharp-shooters took down some of the Somalis with head shots and captured the rest. So Lord Obama has a least two good marks to his credit.

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Blackadder (UK comedy) would say: do you remember, these africans, heavily armed with mango fruit.



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04 May 2011, 12:00 pm

Lefebvre wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Just to remind you: Several months ago Barak Obama green lighted another Navy SEALS operation that lead to the death of several Somalian Pirates in the midst of their piracy. SEAL sharp-shooters took down some of the Somalis with head shots and captured the rest. So Lord Obama has a least two good marks to his credit.

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Blackadder (UK comedy) would say: do you remember, these africans, heavily armed with mango fruit.


Those Africans were aboard a boat that was not theirs to be aboard. Death to pirates.

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04 May 2011, 12:12 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Lefebvre wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Just to remind you: Several months ago Barak Obama green lighted another Navy SEALS operation that lead to the death of several Somalian Pirates in the midst of their piracy. SEAL sharp-shooters took down some of the Somalis with head shots and captured the rest. So Lord Obama has a least two good marks to his credit.

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Blackadder (UK comedy) would say: do you remember, these africans, heavily armed with mango fruit.


Those Africans were aboard a boat that was not theirs to be aboard. Death to pirates.

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Hey, not every pirate is bad, some, like Captain Morgan, were rather funny when drunk. Speaking to his first officer he said, "we need more pirates on our ships!", but his first officer didn't hear the word "pirates"... So, next morning the captain goes to the wharf to find that his ships have been turned into floating aviaries!



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04 May 2011, 12:25 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Several months ago Barak Obama green lighted another Navy SEALS operation that lead to the death of several Somalian Pirates in the midst of their piracy.

I don't believe Obama was personally involved in that one. Word on the SEAL grapevine is that Obama had put FBI hostage negotiators in charge, and was upset when he found out the FBI rules for how to engage with criminals allowed the shooting.



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04 May 2011, 12:46 pm

We weren't given credit unless we showed our work.



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04 May 2011, 7:30 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Hey, not every pirate is bad, some, like Captain Morgan, were rather funny when drunk. Speaking to his first officer he said, "we need more pirates on our ships!", but his first officer didn't hear the word "pirates"... So, next morning the captain goes to the wharf to find that his ships have been turned into floating aviaries!


The Somali pirates are scum. We should burn every boat and ship within five miles of the Somali coastline and up to one mile inland.

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04 May 2011, 7:52 pm

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The Somali pirates are scum. We should burn every boat and ship within five miles of the Somali coastline and up to one mile inland.

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Would a 100 kiloton nuke 400 feet underwater do the trick?



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04 May 2011, 9:08 pm

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Would a 100 kiloton nuke 400 feet underwater do the trick?

Nukes would do more damage to our ships than to theirs. The lightweight, fast boats the pirates use would just get tossed around a bit, but not sunk.

Changing the rules of engagement to allow individual ship captains to use their discretion in sinking pirate vessels would probably help the most. We also need to admit that some of the mother ships are just not going to be recovered and returned to their original owners, and just sink them instead.



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04 May 2011, 9:25 pm

I keep telling you people, "adventure cruises" for people who want to shoot pirates. This idea's time has come.


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04 May 2011, 10:02 pm

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I keep telling you people, "adventure cruises" for people who want to shoot pirates. This idea's time has come.


Privateers and mercenaries used to be legitimate occupations until fairly recently on the timeline. Now such people would be viewed as criminals wholesale.



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05 May 2011, 1:49 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
The Somali pirates are scum. We should burn every boat and ship within five miles of the Somali coastline and up to one mile inland.

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Would a 100 kiloton nuke 400 feet underwater do the trick?


No. You don't kill Zodiaks that way.

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05 May 2011, 7:27 am

Dox47 wrote:
Indeed. JSOC has said that they've never had as much freedom to operate as they do under Obama, and that's not even touching drone strikes or other targeted killings (which he's gone to the judicial mat to defend). Obama has shown a real flair for having people whacked, which I suppose is better than invading and occupying whole countries to get to one or a handful of guys. I'm expecting a joke about Chicago politics any second now...


I'm ok with that. The body count is astronomically lower when going the "whacked" route rather than the invasion route.



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05 May 2011, 12:28 pm

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I'm ok with that. The body count is astronomically lower when going the "whacked" route rather than the invasion route.


Me too, it's just surprising coming from this particular president. I do have a real problem with his "I can order US citizens killed with no oversight" position though, even W didn't take executive power that far.


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