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Rss Feeder
April 10th, 2009, 03:51 PM
AP - True to form, President Barack Obama is striking a cautious, low-profile public stance as the piracy crisis plays out.

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msmith198025
April 10th, 2009, 06:05 PM
I understand that he is in a no win situation basically if he comments or if he does not, but give the people something.

The LEADER of the United States should not just keep quite when citizens are held hostage, and attacked like this.
Carl
April 11th, 2009, 10:24 AM
What would you have him do? Your just used to the cowboy.
msmith198025
April 11th, 2009, 10:26 AM
What would you have him do? Your just used to the cowboy.

Something is better than nothing. At the point this was posted, he had barely even acknowledged the situation

Ignoring it does not make it go away
fallout2600
April 11th, 2009, 05:21 PM
Obama is sleeping at the wheel on this, pay the ransom or take action.
vurbano
April 11th, 2009, 07:17 PM
What would you have him do? Your just used to the cowboy.
Something? How about that?
msmith198025
April 11th, 2009, 09:10 PM
Something? How about that?

Exactly
Carl
April 13th, 2009, 09:32 AM
Something is better than nothing. At the point this was posted, he had barely even acknowledged the situation

Ignoring it does not make it go away

I guess he was doing something all along:) Approved the use of force twice.
Carl
April 13th, 2009, 09:33 AM
Something? How about that?

I guess he was. :)
vurbano
April 13th, 2009, 12:51 PM
I guess he was. :)If our Navy has to get authorization from the communist in Chief you shoot a pirate holding American hostages then Obama is a moron, who is doing nothing but getting in the way.
stevenl
April 13th, 2009, 01:18 PM
The Navy has to get permission before they fire their weapons. IMAGINE THAT! Guess what. The Air Force has to get permission before they bomb someone to. Guess what else? The Army has to get permission before they invade a nation.. Guess what.. Its called a chain of command. Obama gave them permission to do whatever they deemed needed to be done. Thats how a chain of command works.
msmith198025
April 13th, 2009, 01:41 PM
The Navy has to get permission before they fire their weapons. IMAGINE THAT! Guess what. The Air Force has to get permission before they bomb someone to. Guess what else? The Army has to get permission before they invade a nation.. Guess what.. Its called a chain of command. Obama gave them permission to do whatever they deemed needed to be done. Thats how a chain of command works.

I have to agree with Steven here. There is a chain of command that has to be followed here. They can not just make those decisions by themselves without authorization, and I am glad that it got done, no matter when the order to do so was given.
fallout2600
April 13th, 2009, 01:51 PM
At least Obama pulled the trigger, if we had Obama instead of Clinton in the late 90's, Bin Laden would be dead.