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Obama orders a successful military rescue of Somalia hostages

By iwog   Follow   Wed, 25 Jan 2012, 9:36am   2,149 views   17 comments
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Another example of Obama succeeding on the world stage where Bush failed so miserably. Excellent operation, excellent work, Leon Panetta is turning out to be the best defense secretary in decades.

Kudos to seal team 6. (who else)

9 Somali assholes were killed in the operation. No casualties or injuries on our side.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/01/somalia-rescue-hostages-pirates.html

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1. Truthplease Follow Befriend (1) 12 threads 287 comments

   1   9:58am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Yes sir, he has gotten a lot better at using, supporting, and managing his military. He has beefed up the VA budget to better support the injured veterans, put Michelle out to help the military spouses, and has a plan to get out of this Afghanistan mess. He keeps this up, this military moderate is voting for him. I cringe when I hear Mitt and Newt talk about Iran.

2. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,653 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   2   10:05am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   shrekgrinch says Then why is the vast majority of the military hard-core Republicans still? Do you have any statistics or evidence for this? (not sure why I'm asking because we both know the answer) Never mind, I did it myself. Shrek, I can't imagine a bigger fail but I'm sure you'll work on it: The Military Times released its annual poll of active-duty service members, and the results showed something virtually unprecedented: a one-year decline of 10 percentage points in the number of military personnel identifying themselves as Republicans. In the 2004 poll, the percentage of military respondents who characterized themselves as Republicans stood at 60%. By the end of 2005, that had dropped to 56%. And by the end of 2006, the percentage of military Republicans plummeted to 46%. And even more recently: Much of the shift appears to have occurred only very recently, with the percentage of troops identifying themselves as Republican dropping nine percentage points from 2008 to 2009 and the percentage of those calling themselves independents increasing 10 points over the same period. Hard core Republicans my ass. Shrek when are you going to stop making shit up?

3. HousingWatcher Follow Befriend 285 threads 1,760 comments

   3   10:08am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   shrekgrinch says Then why is the vast majority of the military hard-core Republicans still? How can you say the military is "hard core" Republican when they mostly donate to Ron Freaking Paul?

4. HousingWatcher Follow Befriend 285 threads 1,760 comments

   4   10:11am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Truthplease says I cringe when I hear Mitt and Newt talk about Iran. It's so much fun listening to draft dodgers talking about war. Rather than go to Vietnam, Romney had the Mormon Church get him a deferrment so that he could spend time in France living in a mansion with servants.

5. HousingWatcher Follow Befriend 285 threads 1,760 comments

   5   10:20am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Ron Paul has the same foreign policy views as Obama. Actually, his foreign policy views are way to the left of Obama's. Which means that members of the military have LIBERAL foreign policy views.

6. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,653 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   6   10:23am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Shrek don't you ever tire of losing? Here we go again: Shrek: "The vast majority of the military hard-core Republicans" Iwog: "No they aren't, here's proof" Shrek: "bullshit, since it speaks nothing of military support for Obama. Nice try with the bait and switch." I'm mean seriously.........ROFLOL

7. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

   7   11:14am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   HousingWatcher says Which means that members of the military have LIBERAL foreign policy views. Well, the military has the view that they'd rather get paid sitting on their ass here in CONUS than actually defending Truth, Justice, and Freedom out in the field. Understandable, but when the budget axe comes they turn pro-war again real quick.

8. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

   8   11:15am Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   HousingWatcher says so that he could spend time in France If his accent was any good it would be a reason to vote for him (only really smart people can speak a foreign language well). But his accent was the most atrocious thing I've ever heard. Man's a fucking idiot.

9. Truthplease Follow Befriend (1) 12 threads 287 comments

   9   12:48pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Shrek, you are talking out your anus on this one. I am here on the ground in the military. There has been a huge shift from Republican to Democrat. Mostly because we have seen the corruption, death, misery, and imperialist agenda first hand.

10. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,653 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    10   1:11pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   GameOver says WRONG! Another example of being an asshole BULLY! What in hell are you talking about?

11. Truthplease Follow Befriend (1) 12 threads 287 comments

    11   1:18pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Yeah, what are you talking about? This is what they are doing now under new direction. By late 2009, CJTF-HOA's mission had been transitioned to a more indirect one from its initial counter-terror focus, with CJTF-HOA not playing any active role in terms of counter-terrorism operations. As a result, CJTF-HOA's contribution to the fight against violent extremism consisted of working with the individual militaries of partner nations to build their own capacity to confront these problems. Rather it focused largely on security capacity-building, fostering regional security cooperation-type missions.

12. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,520 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    12   2:39pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   GameOver says WRONG! Another example of being an asshole BULLY! Umm... yeah... I am not sure what you are talking about as well. Are you saying that the hostages should not have been rescued?

13. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,520 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    13   3:11pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   shrekgrinch says Then why is the vast majority of the military hard-core Republicans still? But, anyone who is familiar with Conservative vs Liberal neuroscience study and the neurological makeup required to successfully become a Navy SEAL; would know that the brains of Liberals (on average) are better suited to perform the job of a SEAL (or any soldier in general). Why, even in your fantasy world, would you want a military where the vast majority is hardcore conservative? Even those unfamiliar with the neuroscience, but have worked with/known military elite -- and the not so elite, see the elites are a far less fearful/radical bunch; they tend to be moderate or even apolitical.

14. CL Follow Befriend (12) 141 threads 1,367 comments Emeryville, CA

    14   3:36pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   And, as I said elsewhere, why did Paul fail miserably in South Carolina, home of a very large (non-Paul voting) veteran constituency? Exit polls show that that support is imaginary.

15. EBGuy Follow Befriend 4 threads 2,115 comments

    15   4:21pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I did find it a little odd that none of the press reports mentioned Black Hawk Down, even in passing. Glad to see the local clans viewed the operation as positive (at least from press reports).

16. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,653 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    16   6:17pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   shrekgrinch says When Iwog says 'here we go again' he means "here I go again...deliberately misquoting you or quoting you out of context because I am a Troll", apparently. Anyone who gives a shit probably wants to know how you were misquoted, but you're not going to tell them are you. LOL

17. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,653 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    17   6:47pm Wed 25 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   These surgical strikes are becoming a trademark of the Obama administration and I quite approve. - Osama Bin Laden - Anwar al-Awlaki - Somali Pirates on several occasions If it becomes necessary to eliminate Iranian nuclear capacity, I'm now convinced it will involve a very well executed pinpoint attack on key targets and will involve little loss of life at a tiny cost. Contrast this with the Republican's doctrine which is to spend trillions to invade and occupy entire nations, kill thousands of innocent people, and perpetuate violence and hatred for America for as long as possible. (no need for the Ron Paul rebuttal)