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April 12, 2009

As They Say "That's Why We Play the Game"

US sea capt. freed from pirates in swift firefight

An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, U.S. officials said.


A big Sierra Hotel to the SEAL team, Captain Phillips and the big guys who pulled the trigger for the rescue. The admiral speaking at the news conference airing right now said snipers from the Bainbridge took the scallawags out after Phillips hit the water. Damn . DAMN!!

Bravo. I'm so proud, I'm teary.

And a warm Swill salute to Gunslinger for letting us know.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 12, 2009 04:37 PM

Comments

This is the best news I've heard in years.Kick ass!
who do they think they're messing with?

Posted by: greg newson at April 12, 2009 07:16 PM

Great news. I guess we're gonna save people when we damn well want to not when the public thinks we should. America Rules.

Posted by: colin at April 12, 2009 10:13 PM

I hope that sends a lesson to all the thugs, er, pirates off the Somali coast: you don't f*ck with the USA!

Posted by: Julie at April 12, 2009 10:16 PM

You're damn right, greg ~ KICK ASS!!!!

Gives me hope that whatever idocy is fomented on an international stage, when it comes to brass tacks, we still take care of our own. Obama surprised me and I'm thrilled to death.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 12, 2009 10:27 PM

YES!!! Great news, all around, Captain Phillips rescued, three pirates are dead.

Posted by: JeffS at April 12, 2009 10:43 PM

Yep, good job, Mr. President, in authorizing them to shoot.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 13, 2009 06:12 AM

Isn't that the saddest thing?

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 13, 2009 07:08 AM

While proud at how well our forces effected their mission, I remain disappointed; instead of our forces being authorized to take unconditional, decisive action, it took the action of Captain Phillips attempting to escape a 2nd time to create the diversion that allowed our SEAL snipers to take out the pirates.

Posted by: Tim at April 13, 2009 08:13 AM

Tim, we can't really conclude that. For instance we had heard that the captain had a radio. Perhaps he and the seals were acting in concert, but something went wrong the first time. Maybe they hadn't had enough time to get in place the first time. Maybe anything. We don't know.

We have good news and the rescue succeeded without any human bloodshed.

We can't infer the ROE from the little tidbits we've learned to date.

Posted by: Skyler at April 13, 2009 09:46 AM

I truly try to avoid knee-jerk reactions, so I'll concede that perhaps all of the details of the event have not yet been presented. Let's see . . .

Posted by: Tim at April 13, 2009 11:24 AM

xXym0m

Posted by: Marjwjgx at July 14, 2009 10:52 AM