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2009-04-11 Africa Horn

Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists

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Posted by Bobby 2009-04-11 06:36|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 increased financial pressure and diplomatic activity, including stepped-up efforts to resolve the larger political turmoil in Somalia.

....ie, forcing Somalia to accept US taxpayer funded bialouts in the form of economic aid, accademic visas, Harvard fellowships. Ending the legacy of hunger, racism, and white colonial oppression. These people are citizens of the world, potential ACORN volunteers and VOTERS!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-11 07:50|| 2009-04-11 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama Team Mulls ~~Aims Of~~ Surrendering to Somali Extremists

Fixed it

Posted by Formerly Dan 2009-04-11 08:12|| 2009-04-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Mulled whine.

Posted by Spot 2009-04-11 08:20|| 2009-04-11 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 simple solution. utilize percussion devices to stun all on board, have team in water ready to rescue our guy.or helicopter dropped..is there any proof that any pirates understand english? Hell if its clear they dont, our ship could give the captive advance notice of what is about to happen. if a suitable percussion instrument isnt available use a sleeping agent in combination with a fog so they cant know which to pick up and dispose of, drop a few dozen pieces in one boat, covered by smoke....

Posted by Spiny Gl 2511 2009-04-11 09:38|| 2009-04-11 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Cluck, cluck.

Posted by Perfesser 2009-04-11 09:52|| 2009-04-11 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 We've got an American held hostage by savages, a bunch of military assets standing by waiting for instructions from a book smart/life stupid commander in chief who's more interested in finding out "what it all means and what their motivation is", in a situation where the UN is beyond useless and pretty much no foreign government would condemn us if we went off and killed the MF'ers.

When did I see this bad movie before?

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-04-11 10:00|| 2009-04-11 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Thanks for the executive summary Blondie. I believe you've just about nailed it.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-11 10:14|| 2009-04-11 10:14|| Front Page Top

#8 But Spiny!

That would violate the Pirate's civil rights! Which would be JUST AWFUL! One of them might get a hangnail or a Quaran might be looked at the wrong way!

Can't have that!

/Sadly - I think I really do need a SARC tag here....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-04-11 12:35|| 2009-04-11 12:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Come-on Silk, Besoeker: the comparison is unfair to Jimmah cause we learned alot about Islam since then.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-04-11 12:41|| 2009-04-11 12:41|| Front Page Top

#10 "the comparison is unfair to Jimmah cause we learned a lot about Islam since then"

Correction, grom: Some of us have learned.

The so-called "leadership" in D.C.? Not so much.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-11 12:53|| 2009-04-11 12:53|| Front Page Top

#11 IMO, Barbara, it's time for Paul Revere to ride again.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-04-11 12:57|| 2009-04-11 12:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Past time, grom. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-11 13:01|| 2009-04-11 13:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Paul Revere is riding. Nobody is listening.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-04-11 13:41|| 2009-04-11 13:41|| Front Page Top

#14 So this is the big test that guy sitting in the VP seat is talking about. Well, he was right, I'm not happy with what our leader is doing. He was right a second time as well, I have to be patient and wait, wait for the next election, if my country still exists. I bet Jimmy Carter is proud!

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-04-11 14:26|| 2009-04-11 14:26|| Front Page Top

#15 This is the pre-real-test quiz. The strategy is that 0bama knows it isn't the real test, so he's letting them get lulled into a sense of false security. Then when the real test comes, BAM, POW, he'll knock them out of the park! Just like Marvel.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-04-11 14:31|| 2009-04-11 14:31|| Front Page Top

#16 As far as presidential tests go, this is the part at the top of the page where you put your name.

*shakes head*

Are you kidding me, Barry? This is what you want your name to be?

Posted by Mike N. 2009-04-11 14:35|| 2009-04-11 14:35|| Front Page Top

#17 Why you say that Grom? Should we have put up with Iran's c__p if they were Christian or Jewish or Communist extremists instead?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-04-11 14:36|| 2009-04-11 14:36|| Front Page Top

#18 WoW is this the Glenn Beck Crying army regiment or what? Some well most ppl need to really understand this.
I know the truth just f@#$ing HURTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPxa0_UB0o&feature=related

Posted by Play4Keeps 2009-04-11 15:28|| 2009-04-11 15:28|| Front Page Top

#19 P4K where did you find this youtube moron?? UM, Um, Um, you know, like, like, like my 12 year old speaks better than he does. If you knew the truth, most here are not fans of Beck, nor do we watch that moron at MSNBC. Wake the F@#k up son, there is a United States citizen, husband, and father being held hostage by pirates. The only thing we need to understand is how to stop them, kill them, and make it safe. Your the same fool that bitches and cries that we all need to love and understand each other, then when your family member gets taken you blames the military and everyone else but your own actions for our inability to act....

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-04-11 16:27|| 2009-04-11 16:27|| Front Page Top

#20 Play4Keeps: that might be one of the worst nics for someone on-line since (I'm guessing here) that if you were in a decision-making position you'd fold like a cheap lawn chair.

Whereas many of the regulars here are military, ex-military, professional and business types who make tough decisions on a regular basis.

As said previously: an American citizen is being held hostage on the high seas. I don't object to patience and careful consideration of the situation, since we all want the man alive and unharmed. If a little talk and care, backed by lots of guns held by U.S. Navy sailors, helps the pirates 'understand' that they need to let our man go, that's fine.

What's I am NOT open to is negotiating with the scum holding our man, or paying them so much as one Lincoln-head penny in ransom.

We can talk about next steps. How do we keep ships safe in the region? What's the proper way to handle captured pirates in the 21st century? How do we fix the problem of Somalia?

But first, we get our man back. And if we can't, each and every pirate holding him dies. It's really that simple.

Posted by Steve White 2009-04-11 16:58|| 2009-04-11 16:58|| Front Page Top

#21 Actually, I'm all in favor of paying the ransom. Give them 4 million, but it has to be in cash, and they have to hand over Captain Phillips to the vessels on scene. Then let them sail away with a full tank of diesel and the ransom....about 5 miles and then blow them to hell, then airstrike the village they came from, napalm preferably...
Thats right...LIE to them to get him back and then cauterize the puss-hole they came from!

Posted by NoMoreBS">NoMoreBS 2009-04-11 17:31|| 2009-04-11 17:31|| Front Page Top

#22 Good point, Playschool. We should just become Facebook Friends with everybody.

Side note: I'm still of the opinion that Fred should stop buying bandwidth for astroturfers to use.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-04-11 18:11|| 2009-04-11 18:11|| Front Page Top

#23 No More BS, I like your style. I had thoughts along similar lines, and if the money could be really good counterfeit (an if) all the better.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-04-11 22:34|| 2009-04-11 22:34|| Front Page Top

#24 Leaflets should have already been dropped over coastal Puntland to inform the rats there that if the captain is harmed they can expect dire retribution. We know that the pirates have been in contact with Reuters, and it should not be hard to contact them == either from abroad, or from Puntland.

Posted by balthazar 2009-04-11 23:24|| 2009-04-11 23:24|| Front Page Top

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