President Barack Obama scored major political points for the
successful rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from his Somali pirate
captors. Media headlines hailed his “decisive leadership” in his
baptism under fire. However, scuttlebutt from the Navy community
claims that the rescue succeeded in spite of Obama’s indecisiveness
and interference, not because of his leadership. A harsh critique of
the standoff by an anonymous Navy veteran that is circulating widely
claims that Team Obama attempted to micromanage the situation,
overruling the on-scene commander (OSC) and imposing ridiculous Rules
Of Engagement (ROE) that repeatedly prevented the Navy SEAL shooters
from taking out the pirates.

“What should have been a standoff lasting only hours — as long as it
took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC [Naval Surface Warfare
Center] operators to steam to the location — became an embarrassing
four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals
with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship,” the critique says.

The critique, which claims to be based on conversations with Navy
SEALs, notes: “Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison,
enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his
captors — and none was taken. The guidance from National Command
Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had
been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to
this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.”
The critique cites a litany of specific interferences that allegedly
prolonged the standoff for days and endangered the life of Capt.
Phillips.

A Special Forces veteran contacted by The New American said he
“couldn’t vouch for all the specifics in the critique,” but that all
the main points “appeared to be valid on the face of it.” The most
obvious fact, he noted, was that when Capt. Phillips heroically jumped
into the sea, “the SEALs would have shot the pirates or the Bainbridge
would have blown them out of the water,” except for being
countermanded by Obama.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...gn-policy/1027

All of us want to raise our glass the highest this week to the Navy
SEALs who popped those three Somali pirates. And I'm sure you want
to
hear the real story of what happened. Especially because there is a
revoltingly opportunistic and cowardly side to it. Guess which side
Zero is on.

Why, for example, did it take SEAL Team Six (aka DEVGRU, Navy Special
Warfare Development Group, the Navy's equivalent of Delta Force) over
36 hours to get to the scene?

Because Zero refused to authorize the SEAL deployment for those 36
hours, during which the OSC - the on scene commander, Cmdr. Frank
Castellano of the USS Bainbridge - repeatedly requested them.

http://www.tothepointnews.com

On Apr 21, 5:41*pm, wrote:
President Barack Obama scored major political points for the
successful rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from his Somali pirate
captors. Media headlines hailed his “decisive leadership” in his
baptism under fire. However, scuttlebutt from the Navy community
claims that the rescue succeeded in spite of Obama’s indecisiveness
and interference, not because of his leadership. *A harsh critique of
the standoff by an anonymous Navy veteran that is circulating widely
claims that Team Obama attempted to micromanage the situation,
overruling the on-scene commander (OSC) and imposing ridiculous Rules
Of Engagement (ROE) that repeatedly prevented the Navy SEAL shooters
from taking out the pirates.

“What should have been a standoff lasting only hours — as long as it
took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC [Naval Surface Warfare
Center] operators to steam to the location — became an embarrassing
four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals
with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship,” the critique says.

The critique, which claims to be based on conversations with Navy
SEALs, notes: “Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison,
enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his
captors — and none was taken. The guidance from National Command
Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had
been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to
this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.”
The critique cites a litany of specific interferences that allegedly
prolonged the standoff for days and endangered the life of Capt.
Phillips.

A Special Forces veteran contacted by The New American said he
“couldn’t vouch for all the specifics in the critique,” but that all
the main points “appeared to be valid on the face of it.” The most
obvious fact, he noted, was that when Capt. Phillips heroically jumped
into the sea, “the SEALs would have shot the pirates or the Bainbridge
would have blown them out of the water,” except for being
countermanded by Obama.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...gn-policy/1027

All of us want to raise our glass the highest this week to the Navy
SEALs who popped those three Somali pirates. *And I'm sure you want
to
hear the real story of what happened. * Especially because there is a
revoltingly opportunistic and cowardly side to it. *Guess which side
Zero is on.

Why, for example, did it take SEAL Team Six (aka DEVGRU, Navy Special
Warfare Development Group, the Navy's equivalent of Delta Force) over
36 hours to get to the scene?

Because Zero refused to authorize the SEAL deployment for those 36
hours, during which the OSC - the on scene commander, Cmdr. Frank
Castellano of the USS Bainbridge - repeatedly requested them.

http://www.tothepointnews.com

Reporting what is (in your own words) "scuttlebutt". Wow, what
journalistic integrity. :P

LOL, another lunatic-fringe loser grasping desperately at straws.