And now you know the truth...

> BHO = Barrack H Obama
> NSWC=Navy Special Warfare Command
> ROE=Rules of Engagement
> RIB=Ridged Inflatable Boat
> OSC=On Scene Commander
> CPN=is probably the Captain of the Bainbridge
> CDR=Commander
> OpArea= Operations Area

Having spoken to some SEALS yesterday and
asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:

1. BHO wouldn't authorize the NSWC SEAL
teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander)
recommendation.
2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions
on their ROE that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life
was in "imminent" danger
3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS
had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE
restriction
4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it
approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions.
As the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS
had them all dialed in.
5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans
developed by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams
6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally
decide they have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk
to hostage. 4 hours later, 3 dead raggies
7. BHO immediately claims credit for his
"daring and decisive" behaviour. As usual with him, it's BS.

Philips' first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean hadn't
worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue by his
country's Navy possible, 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 next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft was fired
on by the Somali pirates - and again no fire was returned and no pirates
killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy
personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from
Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief's staff not to act
until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues and no
track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a
"peaceful solution" would be acceptable.

After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday night, the
onscenecommander decided he'd had enough. Keeping his authority to act
in the case of a clear and present danger to the hostage's life and
having heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount
a rescue operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer -
unnamed in all media reports to date - decided the AK47 one captor had
leveled at Philips' back was a threat to the hostage's life and ordered
the NSWC team to take their shots. 3 rounds downrange later, all three
brigands became enemy KIA and Philips was safe.

There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events over the
last week that culminated in the rescue of an
American hostage. Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the
Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates
in the Indian Ocean and declared an end to the
standoff

Despite the Obama administration's (and its sycophants')
attempt to spin success as a result of bold, decisive
leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the
sort. What should have been a standoff lasting only hours - as long as
it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC 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.