Captain Phillips Rescue

B-roll of Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, being welcomed aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), April 12, after being rescued by U.S Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. Philips was held hostage for four days by pirates.

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[lovestospooj]

Navy Seal snipers ftw!

[DD826]

"The SEAL team operated under rules of engagement that required them to do nothing unless the hostage's life was in "imminent' danger."

[pwnage1731]

@DD826 Sounds like you got your news from some consevative news site. I mean I'm not an Obama lover, but god damn! give credit where credit is due. The three pirates were in a shitty situation and the military, negotiators, and the white house prolly thought they could negotiate phillips release. You're right and all that Obama shouldn't take credit, but FUCK some people can turn a good outcome into a scandal or controversy. Everybody involved deserved praise.

[ironhorzmn]

That moral coward in the White House was probably looking for a way to fire everyone involved (except the pirates, natch) but when they were hailed as heroes, he jumped in front of the parade and, with the MSM putting out their continuous BS, took CREDIT for something he never had a clue about in the FIRST place.

[Flipenultra]

The navy did a go job he is safe and relitivly unharmed they did all that they could do.

[DD826]

"Hours later, frustrated by the missed opportunities to resolve the standoff, the commander of the Bainbridge and the captain of the Navy SEAL team determined they had operational authority to evaluate the risk to the hostage, and took out the pirates at the first opportunity finally freeing Phillips."

[DD826]

"In fact, when the USS Bainbridge dispatched a rigid-hull inflatable boat to bring supplies to the Maersk Alabama, it came under fire that could not be returned even though the SEAL team had the pirates in their sights.

Many hours before the fatal shots were fired, taking out the three young pirates, Phillips jumped into the Indian Ocean with the idea of giving the snipers a clear target. However, the SEAL team was still under orders not to shoot."

[DD826]

They say the response duty office at the Pentagon was initially unwilling to grant an order to use lethal force to rescue Phillips. They also report the White House refused to authorize deployment of a Navy SEAL team to the location for 36 hours, despite the recommendation of the on-scene commander.

"The White House also turned down two rescue plans offered up by the Seal commander on the scene and the captain of the USS Bainbridge."

[DD826]

"Multiple opportunities to free the captain of the Maersk Alabama from three young pirates were missed, these sources say all because a Navy SEAL team was not immediately ordered to the scene and then forced to operate under strict, non-lethal rules of engagement. "

[DD826]

"WASHINGTON While Barack Obama is basking in praise for his "decisive" handling of the Somali pirate attack on a merchant ship in the India Ocean, reliable military sources close to the scene are painting a much different picture of the incident accusing the president of employing restrictive rules of engagement that actually hampered the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips and extended the drama at sea for days."