For the record: Seals rescue...my idea. :)
CNN is also reporting the story.
The OMV family sends well wishes to Capt. Phillips and his family, along with the members of the US military who helped effect this rescue.
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WOOHOOOOOOOOO My other guess , because I agree that Navy Seals were involved .. is that the NAVY ignored memo to wait til Wednesday , or some other politically convenient day ... I bet Axelgreaser is pissed
I am proud and happy! Proud that I have a nephew out there in the Navy... on them high seas. And happy that all of our prayers have been answered. "Our" captain is safe!
Those are my buds...WTG! Navy. I am loving me some Seals today...I had friends that were Seals...This Navy vet is so proud today. I am surprised that the "Coward in Chief" finally told them to go ahead...it wouldn't have mattered anyways...if there was a right time the Navy would have done with or without the "Coward in Chief"....and of course the coward's apologists say he approved it all along....the coward blathered on like he really cared for Captain Phillips....nothing if farther from the truth!
Sending protection to your son
Stray Yeller Dawg !!and I am proud of him too , I am proud of them ALL
yeah Eric Holder ....what I would say to him
call us a nation of cowards again you freakin turncoat
I am so proud of The USA right now
My son served in four areas of engagement and then volunteered to go to Somalia .. and the army in their wisdom sent him to Hawaii instead
oh and I ashamed of the resident cricket
Coward In Chief is perfect !!
Wednesday 8 April 12am-2am (all times BST) The Maersk Alabama
first comes into contact with a pirate vessel 350 miles off the
coast of Somalia, 380 miles east of its capital, Mogadishu, and
300 miles from the nearest navy patrol ship. The Alabama eluded
the pirates for more than three hours. The crew use fire hoses to
prevent the pirates boarding the ship.
5.30am Four pirates armed with AK-47 rifles board the food aid
cargo ship. At the time there are 21 crew on board.A military official tells the New York Times that the crew managed to disable the ship before the pirates boarded. Shortly afterwards, the pirates' own boat is scuttled.
About 6am The unarmed crew hide from the pirates then attack them
and capture one of the pirates. The three remaining pirates hold
the captain, Richard Phillips, hostage.
About 7am Phillips talks the pirates into the Alabama's 28ft
lifeboat and offers himself as hostage to secure the rest of the
crew's safety.
3.30pm The ship's first officer Shane Murphy, calls his wife to
say the crew is safe.
6:00pm Ken Quinn, the ship's second officer, tells CNN the
crew locked themselves into a compartment containing the ship's
steering gear for 12 hours. They then freed the captured pirate
in the hope of securing the release of Phillips. But Phillips
remains on the ship's lifeboat with four pirates. "There's four
Somali pirates, and they've got our captain," Quinn says.
Thursday 9 April 1am US navy vessel USS Bainbridge reaches the
Maersk Alabama. Other warships are on the way.
my question is ...
WHY did it take until Friday for the "resident" to authorize the use of deadly force to rescue the Captain ?
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